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| Corbyn and Sultana clash over new party membership | Corbyn and Sultana clash over new party membership |
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| Ex-Labour MP Zarah Sultana has accused Jeremy Corbyn of overseeing a "sexist boys' club" locking women out of the founding of a new left-wing party the pair announced earlier this year. | Ex-Labour MP Zarah Sultana has accused Jeremy Corbyn of overseeing a "sexist boys' club" locking women out of the founding of a new left-wing party the pair announced earlier this year. |
| In a statement on social media, Sultana said she had been sidelined by other members of the party's working group - despite an agreement that she and Corbyn would jointly authorise key steps. | In a statement on social media, Sultana said she had been sidelined by other members of the party's working group - despite an agreement that she and Corbyn would jointly authorise key steps. |
| Her comments come after Your Party supporters got an email on Thursday offering £55 memberships only for Corbyn to later dismisses it as "unauthorised" - telling supporters he was seeking legal advice. | |
| Sultana said she had launched the membership website "in line with the road map" set out by the party officials. | Sultana said she had launched the membership website "in line with the road map" set out by the party officials. |
| Before her statement, Sultana had been posting on social media throughout the morning encouraging people to sign up at cost of £55 for full membership. | Before her statement, Sultana had been posting on social media throughout the morning encouraging people to sign up at cost of £55 for full membership. |
| Sultana had claimed more than 20,000 people had signed up - meaning the new party could have raised more than £1m in a single morning. | Sultana had claimed more than 20,000 people had signed up - meaning the new party could have raised more than £1m in a single morning. |
| In her statement she said: "My sole motivation has been to safeguard the grassroots involvement that is essential to building this party. | In her statement she said: "My sole motivation has been to safeguard the grassroots involvement that is essential to building this party. |
| "Unfortunately, I have been subjected to what can only be described as a sexist boys' club: I have been treated appallingly and excluded completely. | "Unfortunately, I have been subjected to what can only be described as a sexist boys' club: I have been treated appallingly and excluded completely. |
| "They have refused to allow any other women with voting rights on the Working Group, blocking the gender-balanced committee that both Jeremy and I signed up to." | "They have refused to allow any other women with voting rights on the Working Group, blocking the gender-balanced committee that both Jeremy and I signed up to." |
| Before Sultana's comments, Corbyn put out a conflicting statement signed by Ayoub Khan, Adnan Hussain, Iqbal Mohamed and Shockat Adam - members of the Independent Alliance of MPs who are founding the new party. Sultana's name was conspicuously missing from the list. | Before Sultana's comments, Corbyn put out a conflicting statement signed by Ayoub Khan, Adnan Hussain, Iqbal Mohamed and Shockat Adam - members of the Independent Alliance of MPs who are founding the new party. Sultana's name was conspicuously missing from the list. |
| The message to supporters on Thursday morning claimed an "unauthorised email" had been sent promoting a membership portal under a new domain name. | |
| They urged backers to ignore the message and cancel any direct debits that may have been set up. | They urged backers to ignore the message and cancel any direct debits that may have been set up. |
| Sultana defended her decision to set up the membership portal, insisting it was "in line with the roadmap set out to members on Monday and is a safe, secure, legitimate portal for the party". | Sultana defended her decision to set up the membership portal, insisting it was "in line with the roadmap set out to members on Monday and is a safe, secure, legitimate portal for the party". |
| She claimed she had set up the site to allow supporters to "continue to engage and organise", and that membership funds were held by a company set up by the party to safeguard money until November's founding conference. | She claimed she had set up the site to allow supporters to "continue to engage and organise", and that membership funds were held by a company set up by the party to safeguard money until November's founding conference. |
| Sultana also went on to raise concerns that long-time Corbyn ally Karie Murphy and her associates had been handed "sole financial control of members' money and sole constitutional control over our conference". | Sultana also went on to raise concerns that long-time Corbyn ally Karie Murphy and her associates had been handed "sole financial control of members' money and sole constitutional control over our conference". |
| She called for Corbyn to publish all party structures arguing only transparency would "restore hope for our members, and ensure nothing like this can ever happen again". | She called for Corbyn to publish all party structures arguing only transparency would "restore hope for our members, and ensure nothing like this can ever happen again". |
| "This party is bigger than any one person," she said, "and we owe it to the movement to uphold its democratic and socialist foundations." | "This party is bigger than any one person," she said, "and we owe it to the movement to uphold its democratic and socialist foundations." |
| On social media, some left-wingers raged that the party fragmenting so early into its formation had put them off joining. | |
| Guardian journalist Owen Jones, who has championed the new party, warned that if the split drags on "people will switch off and just bet everything on the Greens". | |
| The row is the latest falling out at the top of the new group that has yet to be named or hold an annual conference. | The row is the latest falling out at the top of the new group that has yet to be named or hold an annual conference. |
| In July, Sultana announced that she was leaving Labour and starting a new party with Corbyn, a move that took the former Labour leader and others involved in the project by surprise. | |
| The pair also disagreed over the name of the party. In July, Sultana insisted it would not be called Your Party - saying she instead favoured The Left Party - only for Corbyn to hint the name could stay. The final decision to be put to a vote by supporters. | |
| Despite the bumpy start the party began to build momentum, signing up more than 750,000 supporters - under the placeholder name of Your Party. | |
| Earlier this week, Your Party emailed supporters saying membership would open by the end of September and draft party rules and policy positions would soon be published. | Earlier this week, Your Party emailed supporters saying membership would open by the end of September and draft party rules and policy positions would soon be published. |
| This would be followed by national assembles in October and an online vote on the new name for the party. | This would be followed by national assembles in October and an online vote on the new name for the party. |
| In November, the party's founding conference will be held. | In November, the party's founding conference will be held. |
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