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Corbyn set to become Your Party parliamentary leader

BBC News·@Bbc·2 months ago
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Jeremy Corbyn is expected to become the parliamentary leader of Your Party after his supporters won control of the left-wing party's leadership committee. The former Labour leader's supporters, dubbed "The Many", won 14 of the 24 seats on the party's central executive committee (CEC) compared to seven seats for "Grassroots Left" supporters endorsed by former Labour MP Zarah Sultana. Corbyn said party members had voted for a "mass, socialist party that takes the fight" to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Grassroots Left said Your Party must "work together to become a party of and for the whole left, with no more witch-hunts or stitch-ups". "The Many" stated that they would elect Corbyn as parliamentary leader if they won the CEC election. Your Party members previously chose to adopt a collective leadership model rather than a single leader, which avoided a direct leadership contest between Corbyn and Sultana.…

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