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    Sultana statement from Sept 21 Archived Message

    Posted by Ian M on September 26, 2025, 7:57 pm, in reply to "Corbyn apologises..."

    Missed this, which appears to fit my 'on board, albeit grudgingly' depiction:

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    https://xcancel.com/zarahsultana/status/1969845526700106143#m

    Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana
    Sep 21
    We must make this work — there is no other choice.

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    Over the past few days, I have spoken with comrades across our movement. For the sake of the party, and as an act of good faith, I will not be pursuing legal proceedings despite the baseless and unsubstantiated allegations against me. The directors of MOU Operations Ltd have issued a welcome statement clarifying the legal and financial situation.

    I know many people are feeling demoralised - I share that feeling. We find ourselves in a regrettable situation, but my motivation has always been to ensure the collective strength of our movement, put members first, and build the genuinely democratic conference and socialist party we so urgently need.

    I am determined to reconcile and move forward. I am engaged in ongoing discussions with Jeremy, for whom, like all socialists of my generation, I have nothing but respect. We will find a way to continue in a unified way centring the grassroots of our movement. I am certain this is possible - indeed, it must be.

    Fascism is growling at the door. The stakes are too high for failure to be an option. Both Jeremy and I remain committed to making this project a success - and we can all confirm that the conference will go ahead as planned in November.

    This party does not belong to any one of us - it belongs to you.

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    With Corbyn involved in any kind of key position it seems more to me that 'success is not an option'...

    Saw this video of her dismissing outright the notion that 'transphobes' have any place in the new party:





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    ZS: There is no room for socially conservative views in a socialist left-wing party. Period.

    Nish Kumar: Adnan Hussein uh who's recently angered a lot of the prospective members of the new party by saying that trans women are not biologically women, and safe third spaces should be an option for trans people. How do you manage that as you set this new party up and place core values in situ that are going to guide the way that policy is being drawn up?

    ZS: We have to defend the rights, dignity, and life of everyone. And that means centering the most marginalized. And if people don't have pro-trans, pro-migrant, anti-racist values, there are plenty of other political spaces that you can enter, but not this one. Because we have to have our values. We need to let people know what we stand for. And then we need to be going out to the country and saying this is the vision of society that we want that we believe we can achieve and we want you all to be part of it.

    NK: Listen, if you're transphobic, you're not short of options with absolute respect.

    ZS (laughing): Yeah, absolutely!

    NK: In British politics, for Christ's sake, join the Conservative Party and watch a Ricky Gervais Netflix special. You're fine.

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    This is our vision that we want you all to be a part of. But not if you disagree.

    OK then... This is the kind of thing that the Due Dissidence boys refer to as 'voter repellent'. The irony is that the trans rights movement arguably is the socially conservative position, in that it can only accept traditional gender constructs and roles, and if you don't feel that you fit in to the correct blue or pink category of extreme gender stereotypes then you need to start hacking bits off and taking toxic drugs to alter your entire body chemistry. Plenty of progressive feminists have opposed this from the start - all now made politically homeless by this kind of censorious and exclusive attitude. (Another irony being that feminists who oppose the trans rights movement are attacked for being exclusive in the context of women-only spaces, as in Trans Exclusive Radical Feminist, or TERF, for those who didn't know...)

    Good luck with that!
    I

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