"Sultana said more than 750,000 people had registered their interest in the new party but acknowledged frustration at how long it was taking to get it formally launched. In lieu of an agreed name it is being called Your party and no date for a promised mid-autumn conference has been announced. Watch this space, Sultana told the Guardian. I am just as desperate to get this going but it will take time to make sure democracy is at the heart of it. It needs to be reflective of the movement, it can't just be MP-led."
"Sultana said she got on really well with Polanski, adding: The Labour party has moved to the right. You've already got Reform and you've got the Conservatives. People are desperate for a leftwing alternative that is not beholden to the interests of the billionaires and the super rich. Where we have interests that align"
Zarah Sultana, the independent MP for Coventry South who lost the Labour whip after backing the move to scrap the two-child benefit cap, is co-leader with Jeremy Corbyn of a nascent leftwing party. She spoke at a Newcastle conference of a like-minded party founded by Jamie Driscoll, attended by about 300 people. More than 750,000 people reportedly registered interest in the new party, temporarily called Your party. Sultana acknowledged delays to a formal launch and said the group must be democratic and movement-reflective rather than MP-led. Zack Polanski is open to cooperation, though not an electoral pact.
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