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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

Labour is dead, says Zarah Sultana as she calls for patience over party launch

Sultana speaking on stage
Sultana said: ‘People are desperate for a leftwing alternative that is not beholden to the interests of the billionaires and the super rich.’ Photograph: Mike Lewis/Redferns

“Labour is dead” after failing to deliver for working people, Zarah Sultana said as she urged supporters of a new leftwing party she is creating to be patient and “watch this space”.

Sultana, the independent MP for Coventry South who quit Labour after losing the whip for backing a move to scrap the two-child benefit cap, is co-leader of a nascent party with Jeremy Corbyn.

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