Barely three weeks ago, former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and MP Zarah Sultana finally confirmed rumours about a new party of the left, releasing a statement announcing what then appeared to be called ‘Your Party’.
The rapid support for their new venture, which is as still unnamed after Sultana confirmed it will not be called Your Party, has been little short of astonishing. Close to 700,000 people have reportedly signed up, a figure confidently expected to top three-quarters of a million.
The sheer pace of this change suggests that Corbyn and Sultana are tapping into a deep dissatisfaction with Labour under Keir Starmer, both in England and north of the border, where the new party is reportedly attracting the support of not just Scottish Labour voters but also disenchanted younger members of the Scottish National Party.
