Zarah Sultana’s shaky launch of a new left-wing movement highlights the false promise of cost-free socialism, offering voters an unrealistic alternative to the tough economic choices facing Britain, writes Eliot Wilson

It did not bode well for a new powerful left-wing voice in British politics. When Coventry South MP Zarah Sultana recently announced she was leaving the Labour Party to “co-lead” the founding of a new group with Jeremy Corbyn, she forgot to consult with… Jeremy Corbyn. The former Labour leader congratulated Sultana on her “principled decision” but was supposedly left “bewildered”: he said only that “discussions are ongoing — and I am excited to work alongside all communities to fight for the future people deserve”.

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