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'Frustating', 'self-indulgent' and 'embarrassing' - Your Party members speak out following Sultana-Corbyn split
Supporters of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana's left-wing movement, Your Party, have said a very public split between the two founders is "embarrassing" and "frustrating".
A row broke out between the former Labour leader and Ms Sultana on Thursday afternoon, after he accused her of sending out unauthorised emails encouraging paid membership. The one-time potential prime minister accused his co-leader of wrongdoing, and said legal action was being considered, in a letter signed by four other independent MPs who were part of the founding process of Your Party.
Ms Sultana, who resigned from the Labour Party to help found the new left-wing organisation in July this year, hit back and said she had been "sidelined" by a "sexist boys club". The 31-year-old MP added in a statement that she had been "effectively frozen out of the official accounts" of the group, and therefore "took the step of launching a membership portal that supporters could continue to engage and organise".
She insisted she had acted solely to "safeguard the grassroots involvement" of Your Party. But many of those who have signed using Ms Sultana's new, paid membership form have told Sky News they are unsure about the move - with several saying they are thinking of cancelling their membership.
'I might as well give £5 to someone on the street'Sam T, who signed up for a £5 a month membership, called the public split "a bit of a shambles". He told Sky News he is "willing to give Zarah the benefit of the doubt.
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