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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Esther Addley and Yassin El-Moudden

Abstract verbs in, long descriptors out: How do you name a political party?

Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana
Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana in 2021. Photograph: David Cliff/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

What’s in a name? Potentially a lot, if you are launching a movement with ambitions “to shape something truly transformative” in British politics.

That’s the challenge facing Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, the former Labour MPs who announced plans last month, if not in the most coordinated fashion, to launch a leftwing political party. More than 600,000 people have already signed up for updates on the new group, which will be called … what?

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