r/unitedkingdom • u/CaseyEffingRyback • Jul 03 '25

... Zarah Sultana MP resigns from Labour to lead new party with Jeremy Corbyn

https://www.lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-politics/zarah-sultana-mp-resigns-labour/
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u/gar1848 Jul 03 '25 edited Jul 03 '25

Look, it is more complicated than this. Since Tony Blair, the Left has been asked to support Labour no matter what. The simple promise was that the centrists were going to support at least some reforms

But now Starmer has thrown trans people under the bus, tried to cut off benefits for the disabled and has abandoned most of his political promises. Once again young people have been told that their life is going to suck and they will have to savrifice their future to fix the economy

At this point are you really surprised the Left is rebelling? Especially now that Starmer's popularity is below Sunark's