Another one bites the dust. Iqbal Mohamed has become the second Independent MP to quit the left-wing Your Party amid party infighting. The group, founded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, has seen unedifying splits become very public as serious rifts grow between the MPs involved in its launch. The animosity between Corbyn and Sultana has been well documented and now two members of the parliamentary Independent Alliance group have deserted the party. Talk about trouble in paradise, eh?

In a letter, Mohamed slammed the ‘false allegations and smears’ about him, which he described as ‘surprising and disappointing’. He went on:

I have decided to leave Your Party and continue serving as I was elected as an Independent Member of Parliament for Dewsbury and Batley. The many false allegations

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