Life after Labour: Zarah Sultana on Palestine, Farage and 'Your Party'
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson
BBC
4.6 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
How a trip to the West Bank in her teens set the Coventry MP on a path into politics.
Zarah Sultana joins Nick in the studio a few weeks before the launch of her new party with Jeremy Corbyn.
In the interview, they discuss her positions on NATO, the state of Israel, seeking power, and why she likened her relationship with Corbyn to the Gallagher brothers.
Producer: Daniel Kraemer Research: Chloe Desave Editor: Giles Edwards
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| 0:06.5 | Conspiracy theories really can impact the way the world works. |
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| 0:30.0 | The fight for truth is on. |
| 0:32.6 | Trust is earned. |
| 0:34.0 | This is our BBC. |
| 0:36.0 | I'm in politics because of a desire to change people's lives. |
| 0:40.1 | That means winning state power and that's what I'm committed to. |
| 0:43.5 | That's my guest on political thinking this week, Zara Solana, |
| 0:47.0 | who is about to launch a brand new political party. |
| 0:50.3 | It doesn't have a name, but it does have two leaders. |
| 0:53.0 | Her and Jeremy Corbyn. Half a million |
| 0:55.9 | mainly young people follow her campaigns on TikTok. Only one other politician has more followers |
| 1:02.1 | than her, the man she's pledged to stop. Nigel Farage. Zoroz Soltana, welcome to political |
| 1:09.3 | thinking. Thank you for having me. |
| 1:12.4 | Now this is the week of your birthday. |
| 1:13.2 | It is. |
| 1:16.5 | Did you ever believe that at the tender age of 32, |
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