"When Your Party now its official name was launched at the end of July, 800,000 people registered their interest. That qualified as a political phenomenon, and spoke to an unprecedented opportunity for the left. Thanks to an economic model no longer able to offer a sustained rise in living standards or properly functioning public services, and a foreign policy defined by murderous calamities culminating in Israel's Gaza genocide the radical left has its biggest ever receptive audience."
"Members repelled by a Labour devoid of answers to Britain's multiple crises were ready to listen to a credible, inspiring alternative. Instead, they have been subjected to a bitter public schism between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, its two leading founders, as well as threats of legal action, public denunciations, unsavoury anonymous briefings to rightwing newspapers and an obsession with internal process."
When Your Party was launched at the end of July, 800,000 people registered interest, marking a political phenomenon and major opening for the left. Economic stagnation, failing public services, and foreign-policy crises culminating in Israel's Gaza genocide created an unusually receptive audience for radical left ideas. Internal leadership disputes, public schisms between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, threats of legal action, anonymous briefings to rightwing newspapers, and a fixation on internal process undermined momentum. Disillusioned activists shifted attention to the Green party under Zack Polanski, which gained 170,000 members and polling strength, while Your Party attracted 55,000 sign-ups and 2,500 delegates.
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