#jeremy-corbyn

#jeremy-corbyn

The tribunal is being jointly chaired by the former Labour leader and is the kind of political initiative that will be a thorn in Keir Starmer's side as his party seeks to retain the backing of leftwing and Muslim voters at the next election. The tribunal, which will be livestreamed from London, has been framed to look at what has happened in Gaza over the past two years, Britain's legal responsibilities, any evidence of British covert support for Israel, and whether the government's actions match any legal obligations to prevent a genocide.

There were people around Jeremy encouraging him to set up a new party and I told him not to, she said. It's very difficult under the first-past-the-post system for a new party to absolutely win. If it wasn't first past the post then you can see how a new party could come through, but I understand why he did it.

The sudden announcement by Zarah Sultana to co-lead a new party with Jeremy Corbyn aims to challenge the current state of British left-of-centre politics.

Corbyn has confirmed he is in discussions about creating a new leftwing political party, following Zarah Sultana's announcement she was quitting Labour to co-lead the project.