I’m skeptical about the reality of the “democratic” nature of the organisation. According to reports, the meetings held by Your Party have been pretty much word-of-mouth invite-only rather than open to all supporters. The people running the various organising committees have been selected by the controlling factions of Your Party. The attendees of the founding conference will be chosen by “lottery” rather than elected by local groups and organisations. I understand the need to protect Your Party from infiltration but this isn’t the way.
That’s interesting. Are you able to share these reports?
As far as I’m aware, there haven’t been any official meetings, as the founding process has yet to be kicked off; membership has yet to officially open, so it seems a tad premature to claim stuff like cronyism within the party; but I’m in full support of scrutinizing political groups, so I’ll definitely keep an open mind and read through the report you mention.
An interesting read for sure. It does seem to predate the announcement of opening memberships by a few days, so it would be interesting to see how his opinion fares on the latest announcement from the party.
As for the claims around certain factions within the party vying for control; this is definitely something people should look out for in the run up to founding the party, the piece seems genuine in its concern, rather than a smear campaign, and I think it’s important people are aware of the potential for bad actors within the party (just look at what happened to labour) in the run up to the founding. Thanks for sharing!
I’m skeptical about the reality of the “democratic” nature of the organisation. According to reports, the meetings held by Your Party have been pretty much word-of-mouth invite-only rather than open to all supporters. The people running the various organising committees have been selected by the controlling factions of Your Party. The attendees of the founding conference will be chosen by “lottery” rather than elected by local groups and organisations. I understand the need to protect Your Party from infiltration but this isn’t the way.
That’s interesting. Are you able to share these reports?
As far as I’m aware, there haven’t been any official meetings, as the founding process has yet to be kicked off; membership has yet to officially open, so it seems a tad premature to claim stuff like cronyism within the party; but I’m in full support of scrutinizing political groups, so I’ll definitely keep an open mind and read through the report you mention.
Craig Murray has written recently about it:
https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2025/09/its-your-party-and-ill-cry-if-i-want-to/
An interesting read for sure. It does seem to predate the announcement of opening memberships by a few days, so it would be interesting to see how his opinion fares on the latest announcement from the party.
As for the claims around certain factions within the party vying for control; this is definitely something people should look out for in the run up to founding the party, the piece seems genuine in its concern, rather than a smear campaign, and I think it’s important people are aware of the potential for bad actors within the party (just look at what happened to labour) in the run up to the founding. Thanks for sharing!
Sorry just adding these. Worth reading (critically, of course, taking account of who is writing) - but they all say similar things:
https://prometheusjournal.org/2025/09/09/whose-party-is-it-anyway/
https://prometheusjournal.org/2025/07/10/leaders-who-dont-lead/
https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/authors/carla-roberts/
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/power-struggles-inside-founding-jeremy-corbyns-new-party