Sultana in Push to Centralise Corbyn Party’s Far-Left Mission – Guido Fawkes

Sultana in Push to Centralise Corbyn Party’s Far-Left Mission

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Guido hears the teething problems within the Corbyn-Sultana Your Party project continue. Other than sparring over the name of the party itself and whether Corbyn was even joining it in the first place, issues remain over the group’s leadership and mission. Who does what, what’s this all for, how does it work…

Sources say Team Corbyn is in charge of the website and data handling. On policy, Sultana’s allies are keen to promote a broader ideological agenda on LGBT rights and so on, while Comrade Corbyn wants to focus on Gaza, “nationalising everything” and inequality. The Corbyn side of things is run mostly via WhatsApp.

Likewise, Sultana is interested in a centralised party with a traditional membership structure and a clear policy agenda; Corbyn wanted a more grassroots, ‘community led’ group. Which might explain his initial reluctance to publicly throw his weight behind his comrade…