The 31-year-old Sultana is an up and coming force on the British left at a time when many feel disillusioned with the neoliberal capitulations of Keir Starmer’s Labour government. Elected as the Labour MP for Coventry South in 2019, Sultana then won a vastly increased majority in the 2024 election that ended 14 years of Conservative rule. Despite gaining popularity in her constituency for supporting a range of community causes, by 2020 the die was cast for Sultana’s fall from favour within Starmer’s Labour.
The young politician’s relentless criticism of the Israeli genocide in Gaza put her at loggerheads with the Party establishment and its shameless support for the apartheid state. She also defied the whip on domestic issues, opposing Starmer’s bid to keep the two-child benefit as well as cuts to winter fuel payments and disability benefits.
