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Deccan Herald
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Deccan Herald
6 Naxal-linked outfits active in Maharashtra already banned in other states: CM on security bill
The bill, which seeks to prevent unlawful activities of Left Wing Extremist organisations with a focus on urban Naxalism and 'passive militancy', has been passed by the assembly. It is expected to be tabled in the legislative council soon.
Deccan Herald
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Deccan Herald
6 organisations active in Maharashtra already banned in some other states: Fadnavis on security bill
The bill, which seeks to prevent unlawful activities of Left Wing Extremist organisations with a focus on urban Naxalism and 'passive militancy', has been passed by the assembly. It is expected to be tabled in the legislative council soon.
Telegraph
10-07-2025
- Business
- Telegraph
Peter Parisi
The Democratic candidate for New York mayor is unarguably to the extreme Left, particularly on issues of economics
Telegraph
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
Third of Labour voters could vote for Corbyn party
Almost one in three Labour supporters would consider voting for a new Left-wing party led by Jeremy Corbyn, a new poll shows. Thirty-one per cent of people who backed Sir Keir Starmer's party at the general election last year said they are open to switching their support to a new group led by the former Labour party leader. Last week Mr Corbyn and Zarah Sultana confirmed their involvement in a new hard-Left party that plans to fight Labour. YouGov asked 2,000 British adults how likely they were on a scale of one to 10 to vote for a new party led by Mr Corbyn. Out of the Labour voters surveyed, 31 per cent gave a response of at least six out of 10, while 40 per cent indicated they were willing to consider voting for the Green Party. A further 12 per cent said they would consider voting for Nigel Farage's Reform UK, a sign that Sir Keir is losing votes on both the Left and Right. Among voters for all parties, 18 per cent said they would consider voting for a new party led by Mr Corbyn. The findings are a further blow for Sir Keir, who has seen Labour's poll lead evaporate since the general election and the popularity of his Government sink to historic lows one year after taking office. Reform is currently leading in the polls, and the YouGov survey will add to fears in Labour circles that division among voters on the Left would help Mr Farage secure victory at the next general election. Mr Corbyn, the MP of Islington North, led Labour between 2015 and 2020 and was in charge of the party during the 2017 and 2019 general elections. Labour won 40 per cent of the popular vote in 2017 and forced a hung Parliament after the dramatic collapse of the Conservative campaign under Baroness May. Two years later, however, Labour slumped to its worst electoral defeat since 1935 as it was reduced to just over 200 seats and Boris Johnson secured a landslide Tory majority. Corbyn targets Streeting's constituency Mr Corbyn sits as an independent MP after being exiled from Labour in 2020. Ms Sultana lost the Labour whip last year after rebelling against Sir Keir's decision to keep the two-child benefit cap. The two MPs are significantly to the Left of their former party on issues including welfare cuts, tax rises and the conflict in the Middle East. Their new party plans to target Labour big beasts, and Mr Corbyn held an event in Ilford North – the constituency narrowly held by Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary – hours after the new party was announced.
Daily Mail
05-07-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Shambles on the hard-Left: Jeremy Corbyn says 'discussions are ongoing' after Zarah Sultana quits Labour and boasts she will 'co-lead' new insurgent party… amid claims he is 'furious at being blindsided' by the MP
An insurgent threat to Labour was teetering on the brink of chaos today as its launch descended into squabbling. Zarah Sultana dramatically quit Labour last night and declared she would be 'co-leading' a new left-wing party with Jeremy Corbyn. The ardent pro-Palestinian MP is a long-term critic of Keir Starmer, and was already sitting as an independent after being stripped of the whip. But it seems the move caught Mr Corbyn by surprise, with the former Labour leader said to be 'furious and bewildered'. He finally commented on the development this afternoon to insist 'discussions are ongoing' - saying Ms Sultana would 'help us build a new alternative' but seemingly stopping short of endorsing her as a 'co-leader'. There also appears to be no decision on what the name of the new party would be, with options mooted including 'Real Change' and 'Peace and Justice Project'. Mr Corbyn has been hinting strongly that he wants to form a new party - with polls suggesting it could attract 10 per cent of the left-wing vote and inflict major damage on Labour. In an interview on Wednesday the 76-year-old claimed there was a 'thirst' among voters 'for an alternative view to be put'. The ardent pro-Palestinian MP is a long-term critic of Keir Starmer , and was already sitting as an independent after being stripped of the whip Mr Corbyn finally commented on the development this afternoon to insist 'discussions are ongoing' - saying Ms Sultana would 'help us build a new alternative' but seemingly stopping short of endorsing her as a 'co-leader' Mr Corbyn has sat as the independent MP for Islington North since being suspended by Labour in 2020 for downplaying the extent of anti-Semitism in the party under his leadership. He was expelled last year but retained his seat in the general election, since when he has been part of the Independent Alliance, a loose grouping of independent MPs with left wing political views. Posting on X last night, Ms Sultana that she was 'resigning from the Labour Party'. She said: 'Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.' She said that 'Westminster is broken but the real crisis is deeper' and the 'two-party system offers nothing but managed decline and broken promises'. 'A year ago I was suspended by the Labour Party for voting to abolish the two-child benefit cap and list 400,000 children out of poverty,' the former Labour MP added. I'd do it again. I voted against scrapping winter fuel payments for pensioners. I'd do it again. 'Now, the Government wants to make disabled people suffer; they just can't decide how much.' In a post on social media this afternoon, Mr Corbyn said: 'Real change is coming. 'One year on from the election, this Labour Government has refused to deliver the change people expected and deserved. Poverty, inequality and war are not inevitable. Our country needs to change direction, now. 'Congratulations to Zarah Sultana on her principled decision to leave the Labour Party. I am delighted that she will help us build a real alternative. 'The democratic foundations of a new kind of political party will soon take shape. Discussions are ongoing – and I am excited to work alongside all communities to fight for the future people deserve. 'Together, we can create something that is desperately missing from our broken political system: hope.' Appearing on ITV 's Peston on Wednesday - after opposing plans to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group - he said he was working with groups 'all around the country' 'That grouping will come together. There will be an alternative view and there will be an alternative put there which is about a society that deals with poverty, inequality and a foreign policy that's based on peace rather than war,' he said. Asked if he would like to lead the party he said: 'I'm here to work, I'm here to serve the people in the way I've always tried to do.'
