"Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana are preparing a fresh attempt to launch memberships for their new party this week but without a joint public statement or a unified line, the Guardian understands. The pair have spoken since Sultana called off legal action on Sunday night in a dramatic climbdown as she acknowledged people had been left feeling demoralised by the group's public spats."
"Sultana, the MP for Coventry South, defended her actions, hitting out with claims that she had been frozen out by a sexist boys' club inside the party. Her allies said a paranoid anti-democratic faction inside the project had worked to exclude her from decision-making and was developing a rival membership system that would divert money to its own company giving it complete control, in an extraordinary attack on Corbyn's longtime ally Karie Murphy's involvement in the process."
Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana are preparing to relaunch party memberships without a joint public statement or unified line. Sultana called off legal action after acknowledging that public spats had demoralised supporters. Relations are described as cordial but Corbyn reportedly lacks trust in Sultana after a second unilateral move. Sultana launched an unauthorised membership portal that collected payments from supporters, prompting Corbyn and fellow Independent Alliance MPs to condemn it as a false system and urge cancellations. Sultana accused a sexist boys' club and an anti-democratic faction of excluding her and diverting funds, while allies fear internal control and financial diversion.
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