MP quits 'toxic' Your Party over 'persistent infighting'

Your Party has been hit by fresh chaos after an MP pulled out of the Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana-led project, citing “veiled prejudice” against Muslim men. Adnan Hussain also hit out at the “persistent infighting” in the group.

- CAITLIN DOHERTY POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT

It comes as the party's founding has been marred by internal division, including rows over financing and leadership.

Mr Hussain, the independent MP for Blackburn, said yesterday that he is withdrawing from the “steering process” of the party, and comes barely two weeks before the founding conference in Liverpool.

He said he had initially agreed to support the founding of the party because he believed in “building a political home with mass appeal” and “a force capable of challenging the rise of far-right rhetoric”.

But, in a statement published on X/Twitter, he said he had been disillusioned by “persistent infighting, factional competition, and a struggle for power, position and influence rather than a shared commitment to the common good”.