Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana.bsky.social)
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A statement:

Full text:

Over the last 24 hours, a number of false and defamatory statements have been published about me concerning the launch of Your Party’s membership portal.

The portal was properly launched in accordance with the party’s roadmap.

At no point was members’ data misused or put at risk.

All funds received from members were ringfenced and protected in the appropriate manner.

These baseless attacks on my character are politically-motivated and I intend to hold to account those responsible for making them.

To that end, I have this evening instructed specialist defamation lawyers.

To avoid prejudicing or complicating any future legal process, I will not be making any further comment about this matter at this time.

  • flamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.ukOPMEnglish
    21·
    2 days ago

    I’m autistic. When people don’t agree with me. I don’t call it discriminatory. For that, there would have to be a pattern over a period of time longer than 4 weeks. Not getting unilateral say is not sexism. Her mistreatment accusations are real vague and lacking in examples.

    So just because she didn’t leak a bunch of emails and internal communications like a drama YouTuber you can just safely dismiss her claims of mistreatment? You don’t have any idea of how things are going internally within Your Party and internal sources have indicated that Sultana is being pushed out by Corbyn and his orbiters.

    Whether she said it exactly, or insinuated it. She attacked his character.

    I didn’t say she should hide sexism, but to attack peoples character within weeks when you don’t get your way sucks. If I was any of them I’d no longer want to work with her. She cannot work as a team. How can you set up a project with her.

    Funny you say this, from the Novara article I linked:

    One insider told Novara Media that Sultana allies Driscoll, Feinstein and Winter have been “told to fuck off”, leading to stalemate, dysfunction and a whole host of people who really should know better refusing to work with others.

    Where was this ‘they should suck it up and work together’ attitude when Adnan Hussian was subtweeting Sultana and telling her to ‘sit down’ (a totally not sexist and very professional thing to do)?

    She hasn’t got the reputation or following JC has. What are her credentials for leader? What contest did she win? She carries more negative impact than benefit and decided to torpedo a promising movement when she didn’t get her way.

    She’s the only person in this political project with any significant political standing other than Corbyn. She’s popular, an effective communicator and she’s the reason Your Party exists at all.

    • IcyToes@sh.itjust.works
      11·
      2 days ago

      She’s not the reason it exists at all. When she announced it, it came out discussions had been going on for a while and a process was being formed. The independent group of 5 MPs was already working together.

      She left the party, jumped in on something and tried to push herself into leadership.

      Adnan already talked about being pushed out, and he’s clearly not happy by that. Is it right, that only 2 MPs in a group of 6 have a say and staffers do but no other MP does. You’re very selectively picking points you want and really twisting them.

      She is an effective communicator, and politically principled. I was a fan before this, but her kiboshing a new project because she doesn’t have 50% of power is not a good luck.

      Oh, and who is this insider? Someone in Sultana’s camp? Who said fuck off? This is vague.

      I have no idea what you meant by the YouTuber comment. It’s not something I follow and politics is all about winning over voters. Public spats never work or help.

      Pushed out? This group is 6 MPs and some helpers. If 1 member does there own thing, calls the other 6 sexist, you’d bet the others wouldn’t want to work with them. However, the loss is 1 independent MP. Better than 5. I still expect this to go ahead without her. She’ll probably crawl back to Labour in a year or so.