Sultana attacks leadership, Corbyn says party has ‘come a long way’

Evening Standard

The second day of the inaugural Your Party conference in Liverpool saw tensions rise between Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn. While the former hit out decisions made "at the top", calling out unnamed people in the leadership, Mr Corbyn said the party has "learnt a lot" from recent controversies.Both MPs seemingly avoided each other in the conference hall on Sunday.

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00:00But before we move forward, we have to confront what took place yesterday.

00:12The expulsions, the bans, the censorship on conference floor are unacceptable.

00:18It's undemocratic. It's an attack on members and this movement.

00:22These actions come straight out of the Labour Rights Handbook,

00:26the same playbook we have all lived through for years,

00:29the witch hunts, the smears, the intimidation, the bullying,

00:33the legal threats and the leaks of the Murdoch press.

00:36Let me be absolutely clear.

00:37The members will not stand for this.

00:39The movement will not stand for this.

00:41And I will not stand for this.

00:44I understand all the frustrations about the statements, the rules,

00:51the constitution and the drafts and so on.

00:53As I said earlier and Zara said in her speech,

00:56there is no handbook on how to set up a political party.

01:00But we have come a long way and learnt a lot along the way.

01:05Thanks for listening.

01:10All right.

01:13Thanks for listening.

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