cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/36515736

link https://www.yourparty-membership.uk/

From membership site.

Membership now open!

Today is the day. Our membership portal is now open.

For too long, Britain’s politics has been run in the interests of the rich and powerful. From Ayr to Aberystwyth, our new party is about changing that - taking power back for working people, communities and future generations.

Joining isn’t just about signing up. It means taking part in a founding process that is genuinely democratic and member-led.

This is your chance to help build something new. A party that belongs to its members, not the establishment.

Solidarity

  • HumanPenguin@feddit.ukOPEnglish
    2·
    3 days ago

    Sorry. My firstreply assumed you were on the original YourParty community post. Rather then the UK politics one, my fault entirely.

    To sum up yep this has been discussed and I have posted a follow up explaining the situation.

    It seems very much to be Z Sultana who has set up the membership site. And she makes clear claims as to why she chose to do so.

    I’ll copy her post below.

    • neonix@reddthat.comEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      Thank you for the extra context, that’s useful to form a better rounded opinion on the situation.

    • HumanPenguin@feddit.ukOPEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      A statement from Zarah Sultana MP

      Zarah Sultana MP

      Posted in Announcements

      I want to clarify the situation regarding the membership system for Your Party.

      Neither of this week’s emails had the dual authorisation of both myself and Jeremy - which was the agreement made at the start of this process.

      After being sidelined by the MPs named in today’s statement and effectively frozen out of the official accounts, I took the step of launching a membership portal so that supporters could continue to engage and organise. This was in line with the roadmap set out to members on Monday and is a safe, secure, legitimate portal for the party. Everyone who supports us should sign up now.

      My sole motivation has been to safeguard the grassroots involvement that is essential to building this party.

      Unfortunately, I have been subjected to what can only be described as a sexist boys’ club: I have been treated appallingly and excluded completely. They have refused to allow any other women with voting rights on the Working Group, blocking the gender-balanced committee that both Jeremy and I signed up to.

      It is also important to be transparent about why this situation has arisen. I do not believe members will accept Karie Murphy and her associates having sole financial control of members’ money and sole constitutional control over our conference. This undermines the democratic principles we agreed to uphold.

      From the outset, we agreed that MOU Operations Ltd - stewarded by Jamie Driscroll, Beth Winter and Andrew Feinstein - would hold and manage funds on behalf of members until the founding conference, at which point they would be transferred to a new entity established democratically. Every penny raised so far has gone to MOU Operations, and this continues to be the case within our new membership portal. This, to be clear, is members’ money - and our members must decide how it is spent.

      This arrangement was designed to ensure transparency, accountability and protection against the concentration of financial control in the hands of any one person.

      I regret that today’s statement has misrepresented the situation. My actions have been consistent with our shared commitment: to build an open, democratic and member-led organisation. I will continue to fight for a process where members’ money, data and voices are safeguarded, not centralised under the control of one individual.

      I am calling on Jeremy to meet with me and agree to make public all agreed structures, processes and decision-making protocols. Doing this will restore hope for our members, and ensure nothing like this can ever happen again. This party is more important than any one person, and we all owe it to the movement to deliver a truly democratic and socialist party.

      The democratic founding conference of this party will take place in late November.

      I will keep fighting for a minimum programme for maximum democracy, you have my word.

      No stitch-ups, no coronations: the members must decide.

      Zarah Sultana MP

      Member of Parliament for Coventry South