Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn have reconciled “like the Gallagher brothers” and the show is “back on the road”, a packed Your Party event has heard.
Speaking at The World Transformed (TWT) Conference in Manchester – the birthplace of Oasis – Ms Sultana said if the band’s quarrelling brothers can get back together they can too.
It comes after a nasty public row over Your Party’s paid membership system threatened to upend the new venture before it began.
Ms Sultana, speaking at a rally in Liverpool last night, said she was “truly sorry” for her part in the fiasco and told supporters gathered in its neighbouring city on Friday: “You have all seen what’s happened in the last few weeks, I am here to tell you the show is back on the road.
“I know that I’m in Manchester so I have to reference Liam and Noel Gallagher. If they can do it, of course me and Jeremy can.”
Ms Sultana, an LFC fan, went onto quip that the only difference between her and Mr Corbyn is that he “thinks Arsenal are still going to win the Premier League, and we know that they will always come second place with a second-place trophy”.
On Thursday night her apology struck a more serious tone as she said: “Many of you have felt frustrated about the launch process… it was regrettable and for my part I am truly sorry”.
The row erupted last month after Ms Sultana unilaterally launched a membership portal which Mr Corbyn claimed was unauthorised. She then said she had been “sidelined by a sexist boys club” – referring to the alliance of independent MPs who support Your Party, and that she was consulting defamation lawyers.
She later dropped that threat in order to pursue reconciliation – but the past 48 hours is the first time that has been put on public display.
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