Overview

• Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s new movement remains formally unnamed pending a membership vote that could adopt “The Left” or another title
• Organizers say over 500,000 people have signed up to the party’s mailing list since its launch earlier this month
• YouGov polling shows Corbyn with a plus-18 approval rating among 18–24 year-olds compared with Keir Starmer’s minus-30 in the same demographic
• Early More in Common polling suggests the new party could secure about 10 percent of the vote in a general election, potentially splitting the left-of-centre vote
• Founders have pledged unapologetically socialist policies covering public ownership, universal free childcare, rent controls and free public transport