Apparent Your party implosion leaves big political vacancy on the left

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Source: theguardian.com
Apparent Your party implosion leaves big political vacancy on the left

If the latest Sultana-Corbyn row proves terminal, 700,000 people who registered interest will have no political home

A repeated question for Zack Polanski since becoming Green leader has been about cooperating with Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn, and his answer has been consistent: it’s hard to know when their party doesn’t properly exist and can’t even agree on a name. Thursday’s events show such caution was merited.

It seems increasingly likely that Your party, as it was tentatively known, will not survive as originally billed, a joint enterprise between Corbyn, the former Labour leader, and Sultana, the leftwing Coventry MP, both of whom sit in the Commons as independents.

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