Zarah Sultana has proposed that her new hard-Left party that she is launching with Jeremy Corbyn be called The Left Party.

Zarah Sultana does not want for energy or enthusiasm. She may lack other qualities – political judgment, for example, or a sense of perspective – but these can be forgiven in one so young.

Sir Keir Starmer has announced he will recognise an independent state of Palestine in September whether Israel agrees or not.

Actual policies aside, there is one crucial difference between the unnamed left-wing group and its more mainstream rivals.