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The Owen Jones Podcast

Corbyn Party In SHOCK Poll

The Owen Jones Podcast

Owen Jones

Politics, Government, News & Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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0:00.0

Okay, so this is really big news for left guys, and it will have Kiers Tharmer's dead behind the eyed goons spluttering, I would imagine.

0:08.0

It's a new poll by one of the main British pollsters, Ipsos.

0:11.1

They find that 20% of British adults say they're very or fairly likely to vote for a new left ring party,

0:17.3

founded by Jamie Corbyn, the former Labour leader, and Zaholtena, who is a former Labour MP.

0:22.6

And if this new Left Ring Party forms a pat with the Green Party, that figure rises to 31%.

0:28.2

Now, bear in mind, Labour only won their landslide victory last year with 33.7% of the vote.

0:33.3

And the proposed Leffring Party doesn't even have a name yet, let alone even exist.

0:39.2

So you've got to think about those figures in that context.

0:41.8

Amongst row today 16 to 34, the figure drawn to the left Green Alliance rises to 52%.

0:47.4

So more than half of those younger voters.

0:50.0

Now, you can see based on the polling about policies, how their support could grow still further.

0:54.5

Nearly half the public think the new left party's policy proposals would deliver a positive change of the country,

1:01.9

and that rises to seven in ten of Britons who were under the age of 35.

1:06.7

Now, according to Ipsos Director of UK Politics, these figures show that a new Lefringpie,

1:12.1

led by Jamie Corbyn and Zahua Sultanah, has the potential, listen to this, to shake up British

1:17.7

politics.

1:18.3

A significant number of younger people are at least prepared to consider voting for it, and a

1:25.2

majority of those aged under 35 said they would consider

1:28.5

voting for some kind of alliance between the new party and the greets.

1:34.5

Clear policies around change, the NHS, poverty and wealth taxes could be popular.

1:40.9

Time will tell if the new party can turn this hypothetical appeal into real votes on a significant scale.

1:49.1

Now look, these findings are remarkable for a number of reasons.

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