Just days after announcing the launch of a new national political party, former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has endorsed a new party for Derbyshire.
And after half a million people have signed up to support the national party, thousands are expected to join the new party for Derbyshire following Jeremy Corbyns’ endorsement.
Derbyshire Community Independents is understood to be connected to the as yet unnamed national party, which it is believed is likely to have a federal structure and be made up from similar parties across the UK.
The new party was originally launched as the Belper Independents Party over 2 years ago and holding seats on Belper Town council and Amber Valley Borough council.
In a lengthy statement published on their social media the new party name and expansion was announced.
“𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦! 
𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗯𝘆𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆, 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲….
…𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆, 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽a𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗯𝘆𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀……….𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 ‘𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗬’ 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼.”
Full statement here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JEst1549j/
Under the working name ‘Your Party’ Corbyn and joint leader the popular left wing Coventry MP Zara Sultana are believed to be working on a structure which will encompass local ‘Community Independent’ parties across the UK.
In a letter of support to leader Cllr Ben Bellamy, who is known to be a close ally of the former Labour leader, Corbyn wrote:
“All the best with the launch of Derbyshire Community Independents.
We need voices to oppose the continued two child benefit cap and threats to PIP.
We need voices to oppose the awful levels of inequality and Austerity 2.0.
We need voices for peace and an end to the suffering of the Palestinian people”
When approached for comment, Cllr Bellamy said
“We only launched yesterday and yet we already are being overwhelmed by people signing up and wanting to set up local groups and stand for election under the Derbyshire Community Independents banner.
Under the umbrella of the new national party which is being formed, we will be based in our communities, looking after the local issues that affect us all.
Our playgrounds are shocking. We need to bring back youth clubs and community centres. We need to support our sports clubs.
We need the right homes in the right places, so families can stay and live in communities they grew up in, without the Greenbelt being sacrificed.
And we need councillors who will stand up for their areas properly, and know their own minds. Too often I look across the council chamber and it is clear that some councillors haven’t even read their papers and put their hands up in a vote to order.”
Photo credit Jim Bell
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