Is this the summer the British left comes back?

这是英国人离去的那年夏天回来了吗?

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2025-08-06

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Guardian columnist Owen Jones and political correspondent Aletha Adu explore the prospects of the new leftwing party founded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • Today, is this the summer the British left makes a comeback?

  • Question number one, Mr Jeremy Corbyn.

  • Will the Prime Minister accept that 10 years ago in 1979...

  • When Zahra Sultana was born,

  • Jeremy Corbyn had already been a Member of Parliament for over a decade.

  • There were 2,750 households in temporary accommodation in London.

  • The current figure is over 25,000.

  • She's the MP for Coventry South.

  • Maiden speech, Zahra Sultana.

  • When she was 26, she became the youngest Muslim to ever be elected into Parliament.

  • Part of that hopeful, fresh-faced Labour intake of 2019.

  • I would like to start by giving a heartfelt thanks to the people of Country South

  • for putting their faith in me.

  • Corbyn is the MP for Islington North.

  • At 76, he is the battle-weary backbencher,

  • turned Labour leader, with decades of grassroots activism behind him.

  • For different reasons, both of them are out of Labour now.

  • Let me be very clear about that.

  • Jeremy Corbyn will not stand for Labour at the next general election as a Labour Party candidate.