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Why we are leaving the Left Party
The Star republishes here the statement of German MPs who are leaving Die Linke to form a new party
(From left), Lukas Schoen, Amira Mohamed Ali, Sahra Wagenknecht, Ralph Suikat and Christian Leye arrive for a news conference to announce the founding of a precursor to a new party in Berlin
Campaigners say criticism of Labour MP Stephen Morgan’s position on Gaza has been met with police intervention and cancelled opportunities for debate. HESTER WOLFE reports
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Campaigners from across the continent will gather in Brussels on June 14 to oppose Europe’s accelerating militarisation and cuts to public services, write MAGGIE SIMPSON and BOB ORAM of No Cold War Britain
WE HAVE decided to leave the Left Party and to create a new party. This was not an easy step for us to take.
The Left Party was our political home for many years, if not decades in some cases. Here, we met fellow campaigners, many of whom went on to become associates while others became friends.
We have spent evenings and weekends with them at party events and hit the campaign trail with them in the constituencies.
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