Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s as-of-yet-unnamed political party is solving its branding problem by asking the internet to come up with a few suggestions, and the far left have spent the afternoon bickering over it. Who could’ve seen that coming?
Owen Jones put forward his 8-point pitch for ‘the People’s Party’ this afternoon on X:
I think the ‘People’s Party’:
1) The ‘Workers’ Party’ is already taken.
2) It brings together the working class and many people who’d consider themselves middle class, who are now struggling.
3) It’s the ‘People vs. the Elite’.
4) The problem with the ‘Left Party’ is that… https://t.co/1I1VvdydYK
— Owen Jones (@owenjonesjourno) August 26, 2025
Unfortunately this proposal did not sit well with Jones’ online comrades, who went back and forth over the definition of ‘people’, ‘working class’, and the ‘left’. At least Abi Wilkinson showed some solidarity. Eventually Jones was defending himself from accusations of ‘dishonesty’ for “pretending we aren’t what we are”…
How is dishonest? The party does need to be a coalition of not just self-identifying working class people. It needs to include e.g. self-employed people, people in professional jobs who don’t see themselves as working-class or who aren’t in a Marxist sense.
— Owen Jones (@owenjonesjourno) August 26, 2025
If even the name causes this much squabbling, imagine what the next few years will look like. For what it’s worth, Owen’s suggestion is the most popular with Brits (23%), according to YouGov… unless you count ‘don’t know’, which scored 54%. The ‘Don’t Know’ Party does have a ring to it…
Corbyn is making bullish noises when it comes to co-operation between his new party and Starmer’s rebellious backbench MPs. Owen Jones (40) sat down with Jeremy Corbyn for an interview yesterday to talk about his new party. Name to be determined at its founding conference in November…
Aside from some Starmer bashing, Corbyn said that after a year of “insipid, weak, unmemorable” and “worse than expected” Labour government, backbenchers are quietly coming to find him to say “you’re doing the right thing.” Having previously treated him as if he had the “bubonic plague” when Starmer first entered office…
On whether Labour MPs and ex-Labour turned Independent MPs would join his party he said:
“Are they going to come over tomorrow? No. But are they going to work with us? Yeah. So we are therefore a force in parliament for social justice and we work with Rachael Maskell with John McDonald and others opposing the two child benefit cap etc.”
Jones will be disappointed to hear his mission to unite the Corbyn party with the Greens has already hit a roadblock, with Corbyn confirming there would not be an alliance. The fractured left providing yet another headache for No10…
With the rate at which splinter left-wing movements are spawning some are at risk of becoming even less relevant. Owen Jones is trying his best…
Co-conspirators may remember that Jones left Labour last March to front the new campaign group We Deserve Better which said it would back “socialist candidates” regardless of party to support “transformative policies.” You guessed it: “taxing the rich to fund public services, backing public ownership, tackling the climate crisis and opposing war crimes in Gaza”…
Jones’ group has responded to the launch of the new Corbyn-Sultana party by calling for socialist unity:
“It’s clear there’s a huge hunger out there for a progressive alternative, and a big opportunity for the Left – but to win, we must unite. That means Greens, Independents and the new left party working together, with unified candidates. United, we can win seats from Birmingham to Bristol, London to Liverpool; divided, we risk losing them. United, we can win mayoralties and councils; divided, we may fall short. Unity is the key. To that end, we will now focus our efforts on securing an electoral alliance of the Left. We will pull every available lever to ensure a pact is in place as soon as possible. We urge all those who believe in the unity of the left to support this campaign, and donate to help make it a reality.”
It also boasts about having 200,000 supporters – Corbyn has more than doubled that in a matter of days. Owen himself says: “To win under first-past-the-post, the Left must be united. That must mean electoral pacts between the new party and the Greens.” We Deserve Better is taking its self-appointed role seriously by asking for more cash from supporters to get the “cutting-edge digital campaigning resources we need to make this campaign a success.” Not that it got any coverage…
It was a big weekend on planet Owen after his car-crash interview with Piers Morgan. His fast rate of delivery and knocking over a glass of water on set raised eyebrows…
Turns out Owen has now come clean and tweeted that his appearance may have been affected by prescription drugs for ADHD. Fair enough…
And given @jk_rowling decided to amplify false claims I take cocaine before going on TV:
I wasn’t on cocaine, no. I was on amphetamines. Specifically Elvanse, 40mg, courtesy of the NHS.
It helps ADHD, but it’s not a miracle drug so sadly doesn’t cure fast talking or clumsiness. pic.twitter.com/V35t3qRoRy
— Owen Jones (@owenjonesjourno) July 6, 2025
The extent to which Piers won the argument after a total fail from Owen isn’t so easily explained. Enjoy it again in full…
Watch in real time as Owen Jones cooks himself alive upon realising his entire defence of Bob Vylan makes no sense.
Appearing on Piers Morgan Uncensored yesterday, the Marxist-in-Chief insisted Bob Vylan didn’t really mean ‘death to Israeli soldiers’ when he chanted “death to the IDF” at Glastonbury last weekend. No, it was really just a metaphor; Vylan only wants the IDF to be dismantled as an institution, like NHS England or something…
That was until he was shown footage of Vylan actually saying “death to every single IDF soldier out there.” Bit tricky to wriggle out of that one…
Yesterday was a tough today for the hardline centrist hacks who rushed to Huw Edwards’ defence after allegations he paid a child for indecent images surfaced. As the Metropolitan Police confirmed BBC presenter Huw Edwards was charged with three accounts of making explicit photos, the lefty pundits look rather silly for slamming The Sun for surfacing the scandal and running to Huw’s defence. Guido has browsed through the archives of these supposed ‘hommes serieux’ who will be more than a little red-faced…
The questions for The Sun just got bigger still.
— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) July 12, 2023
Former Editor of The Sun, David Yelland rushed to attack the paper, posting this a few hours after Huw’s wife named him as the presenter embroiled in scandal:
I wish @thehuwedwards well. The Sun inflicted terror on Huw despite no evidence of any criminal offence. This is no longer a BBC crisis, it is a crisis for the paper. Huw’s privacy must now be respected. Social media also needs speedy reform.
— David Yelland (@davidyelland) July 12, 2023
Emily Maitlis also blasted the “distasteful” BBC coverage of further allegations coming to light, questioning on The News Agents whether journalism had gone “too far” while “this poor man was in hospital, and that was absolutely appalling, and yet obviously there will be journalists here saying “but that doesn’t stop us doing our work”. Let’s not forget that the child’s mother initially approached the BBC to report the disturbing situation and she was met with silence…
Meanwhile, Jon Sopel was quick to wish Huw well:
This is an awful and shocking episode, where there was no criminality, but perhaps a complicated private life. That doesn’t feel very private now. I hope that will give some cause to reflect. They really need to. I wish @thehuwedwards well. pic.twitter.com/H3rN3bhE1U
— Jon Sopel (@jonsopel) July 12, 2023
Last but not least, Corbynite luvvie Owen Jones posted a moving defence that hasn’t aged well:
The Sun is a disgusting rag and they have to pay for what they’ve done to Huw Edwards.
They tried to destroy someone’s life with false claims of illegality involving a minor.
We know now there was no criminality, and The Sun have driven a vulnerable man into medical care.
— Owen Jones (@OwenJones84) July 12, 2023
They’re not leaping to his aid anymore…
Craig Beaumont, executive director of the Federation of Small Businesses:
“Business sentiment is now closer to dismay than confidence.”