My Mission Is Now to Unite Corbyn and the Greens – Guido Fawkes

Owen Jones: My Mission Is Now to Unite Corbyn and the Greens

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With the rate at which splinter left-wing movements are spawning some are at risk of becoming even less relevant. Owen Jones is trying his best…

Co-conspirators may remember that Jones left Labour last March to front the new campaign group We Deserve Better which said it would back “socialist candidates” regardless of party to support “transformative policies.” You guessed it: “taxing the rich to fund public services, backing public ownership, tackling the climate crisis and opposing war crimes in Gaza”…

Jones’ group has responded to the launch of the new Corbyn-Sultana party by calling for socialist unity:

“It’s clear there’s a huge hunger out there for a progressive alternative, and a big opportunity for the Left – but to win, we must unite. That means Greens, Independents and the new left party working together, with unified candidates. United, we can win seats from Birmingham to Bristol, London to Liverpool; divided, we risk losing them. United, we can win mayoralties and councils; divided, we may fall short. Unity is the key. To that end, we will now focus our efforts on securing an electoral alliance of the Left. We will pull every available lever to ensure a pact is in place as soon as possible. We urge all those who believe in the unity of the left to support this campaign, and donate to help make it a reality.”

It also boasts about having 200,000 supporters – Corbyn has more than doubled that in a matter of days. Owen himself says: “To win under first-past-the-post, the Left must be united. That must mean electoral pacts between the new party and the Greens.” We Deserve Better is taking its self-appointed role seriously by asking for more cash from supporters to get the “cutting-edge digital campaigning resources we need to make this campaign a success.” Not that it got any coverage…