Zarah Sultana has accused leading figures in the new party she is founding with Jeremy Corbyn of carrying out a “witch hunt” to purge left-wing activists.Sultana boycotted the first day of the founding conference of the project, currently operating under the name Your Party, after several members who also belonged to the Socialist Workers Party were expelled.Party officials said the expulsions were for breaching rules that ban members from joining any other political party in the UK or abroad.Sultana’s comments came as Corbyn used his conference speech to call for unity as the party had “a unique opportunity” to found “a socialist party of mass appeal”.She told the BBC one of her staff had also been denied a pass for the conference. Your Party officials confirmed a pass had not been issued but denied the decision had been politically motivated. A spokesperson for Sultana said: “This witch hunt is indefensible – we must build a party that welcomes all socialists.”Asked by the BBC if she stood by the claim there was a witch hunt, Sultana said: “Absolutely.””And it is disgusting to see the type of behaviour we have seen in the Labour Party,” she added. “It’s a toxic culture we’re not seeking to replicate here.”Sultana said “nameless and faceless bureaucrats” were “working in the shadows” to expel people “without the membership actually v …
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[mwai_chat context=”Let’s have a discussion about this article:nnZarah Sultana has accused leading figures in the new party she is founding with Jeremy Corbyn of carrying out a “witch hunt” to purge left-wing activists.Sultana boycotted the first day of the founding conference of the project, currently operating under the name Your Party, after several members who also belonged to the Socialist Workers Party were expelled.Party officials said the expulsions were for breaching rules that ban members from joining any other political party in the UK or abroad.Sultana’s comments came as Corbyn used his conference speech to call for unity as the party had “a unique opportunity” to found “a socialist party of mass appeal”.She told the BBC one of her staff had also been denied a pass for the conference. Your Party officials confirmed a pass had not been issued but denied the decision had been politically motivated. A spokesperson for Sultana said: “This witch hunt is indefensible – we must build a party that welcomes all socialists.”Asked by the BBC if she stood by the claim there was a witch hunt, Sultana said: “Absolutely.””And it is disgusting to see the type of behaviour we have seen in the Labour Party,” she added. “It’s a toxic culture we’re not seeking to replicate here.”Sultana said “nameless and faceless bureaucrats” were “working in the shadows” to expel people “without the membership actually v …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]
