This is the only thing in politics right now for me. Looking forward to getting involved.
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I really hope they make an electoral alliance with the greens.
I'd guess it's probable. Both greens leader and YourParty founders are up for it. But say it's down to membership. Most YP supporters in the forums (IE those expected to join) seem very keen.
I'd guess it's more a matter of the form of alliance rather than if.
Online vote on party name
Aww yeah I'd love it if we ended up with a joke name and then won and the UK was run by PartyMcPartyFace Party.
I’m disturbed by the generic anti-war reference, it will depend how they clarify their position going forward. I’m ok with distancing from the ongoing Israel mess ofc, but I don’t see a low-military solution to Russia, at least any time soon. and I’m not sure I can vote for anyone advocating a reduction in military capability whilst Russia is building towards being a threat to Europe and therefore us.
Don’t get me wrong, I want a peaceful solution. I just can’t see one that doesn’t involve having a big stick to disincentivise Russia. I’d rather throw more money on a military that does nothing than hope that nonmilitary encouragements will work (ofc happy to have those too, but they didn’t work on the Nazis, and we don’t want another Neville Chamberlain-style appeasement scenario).
Of course, detailed opinions on complex issues weren’t going to make it into a statement this short, so I’ll wait and see, but I’ll be disappointed if I find I can’t support them just because they’re not taking Russian aggression seriously.
I agree. The situation in mainland Europe is a boiling pot, and every nation should be prepared for the worst. I think it's a damned if we do, damned if we don't scenario with Putin; we need to be prepared for the worst, as he is shown himself to be tyrannical and unpredictable.
I will say that I don't think a stick or lack thereof will change Putin's approach. He will do what he plans to do, regardless of the perceived threat from NATO countries. He's already shown that he can defeat his enemies without a war (IE trumps appeasement surrounding Russia), so we need to be vigilant in more areas than just military. It's a huge issue spanning multiple avenues.
All of that being said, I think (or hope) a lot of this will be hashed out via membership votes. A general anti-war stance doesn't necessarily mean demilitarisation, as the current climate is undoubtedly a concern for many, and I would imagine the number of people who would be pro-demilitarisation right now are few and far between.
Corbyn's stance on Russia seemed ok when he was up against Theresa May, but in the harsh light of 2025, I fear he's a massive tankie at heart and that's not where most of us are.
The sums being invested in the drive to war are grotesque. There's a difference between making sure the UK is properly defended and the £150 billion+ a year the UK is moving to commit to spending on weapons of mass destruction with little enlargement of the actual armed forces. The drumbeat of war causes only hysteria and it's very hard to discern the difference between fact and fiction.
First on the order of business: Come up with an actual name for the party.
The first order of business is opening up membership. The official name will be voted on by members as the second point of business. That's laid out in the screenshot ( about 2/3rds down in bold if you're interested. )
Well 2nd or 3rd. Need to open up the membership first. So folks can actually vote on it.
A membership portal and official founding of the party using YourParty will happen over the next 2 weeks. With draft founding docs.
Form there the foundation docs get discussed and voted on. Along with the name.
But all is only confirmed in November when the official membership vote happens.
Changing the party name is not that complex. process and documentation wise. It only becomes an issue once the party is well known by such.
But we have almost 4 years before any general election. So founding a real democratic party that dose not allow the leadership to override democratic rule is more important. Given the recent history of Labour.
Having gone so far as to read the wikipedia article, I guess it's the most hopeful sign for democracy I've heard about in years.
Agreed. It's making me uncomfortably hopeful/positive. After the last few years of negative politics.
If the membership numbers are even 1/3 of those who have signed up to support. It will be a very sizeable influence.
Have to also give huge credit to Zarah Sultana. As someone much older. I am impressed with how well she seems to inspire the younger left. Im likeing her attitude alot.
Jeremy Corbyn is ready to get a hat trick and lose an election for the third time!
I'd imagine mainstream papers will look to smear Corbyn again should the party pose a big enough threat. Threaten the establishment with proportional taxation and every outlet in the country will be told to smear you.
Only if members select him. He is expected to run but has not actually confirmed it. Zarah Sultana has clearly indicated in an interview. That she intends to run. And would like the members to select her and JC as joint leaders. But it is entirely up to the membership.
Personally my choice ATM would be ZS as leader and JC as deputy.
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
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