@cdarwin@c.imThe new UK leftwing party founded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana will be called "Your Party" after a vote by members, but its weekend conference laid bare bitter divisions
Sultana, who has been at loggerheads with Corbyn,
reignited tensions on Sunday with a blistering attack on those “at the top” of the party
after boycotting the conference’s first day in protest at the expulsion of several members belonging to the Socialist Workers party.
Members meetin…
@markhburton@mstdn.social"...Shabana Mahmood, in particular, is pulling away the ladder that migrant families like hers, like mine have benefited from and it’s absolutely disgusting.”
Zarah Sultana
Sultana and Polanski speak at Migrants Not To Blame event | Morning Star
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@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyzWell done Zarah Sultana -
“A government Budget is not the same as a household budget.”
“The glaring omission in all of this is no one's mentioned wealth taxes. ...
“The magic money tree exists – it's in the City of London, and it's with the billionaires.
“But what you find is the lack of political will, because these parties are bankrolled by the billionaires, so they're definitely not going to tax them.”
Also, tip of the hat to Gary Stevenson and Richard Murphy, who I think have both done a lot to shift the conversation on this stuff.
#TaxWealthNotWork #ZarahSultana #QuestionTime #UKPol #GarysEconomics