Prominent Your Party politicians sign ‘no expulsions’ petition

In response to Your Party (YP) expelling members on the eve of the conference, several prominent politicians and activists in YP have signed a petition demanding ‘no expulsions’:

Thanks to @andrewfeinstein @sarahwoolley01 @mish_rahman and the others who have signed this statement.

We need Your Party to fight Farage and Starmer, not the left pic.twitter.com/ToUYF6Zaar

— Lewis Nielsen (@lewis_nielsen) November 28, 2025

Your Party announcement ‘Undemocratic’

It proved controversial when YP first announced that members would not be allowed to hold membership with other parties. In part, it was controversial because YP was being sold as an initiative to unite the British left to pursue a socialist agenda.

Addressing this controversy in September, Jeremy Corbyn told Skwawkbox that the rule would only apply to ‘nationally registered parties’, which meant groups like the Liverpool Independents could sign up.

Crucially, John Rees of Counterfire was assured by Corbyn that the ban would only relate to national parties which are registered with the Electoral Commision. As noted below, the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) are not registered with the Electoral Commission:

DSYP have published this WhatsApp exchange between @JohnWRees and @jeremycorbyn – Rees seeking clarification re the ban on other parties, Corbyn offering reassurance that he ‘assumes’ it only refers to those registered with the electoral commission https://t.co/1ajMAIGaZ9 pic.twitter.com/raVcEUwzhn

— Archie Woodrow (@SamuraiApology) November 29, 2025

As such, then, it’s unclear precisely what’s going on.

While there are certainly those who oppose the inclusion of the SWP, it’s notable that members haven’t voted to bar them, and the reasons given for their removal don’t seem to hold up. This is a problem for a new party which is selling itself as the democratic alternative to the mainstream parties.

We caught up with @lewis_nielsen tonight to ask him how he felt about @thisisyourparty booting him and others out before they’ve even decided what they’re calling themselves… 👀 #YourParty pic.twitter.com/74XudKGzEr

— Canary (@TheCanaryUK) November 28, 2025

The conference begins

This weekend, YP begins its founding process, welcoming thousands of members to hear, deliberate, discuss and decide the structures of this new, fully democratic political party. However, it was already marred by members being barred — and in one instance forcibly removed by security — apparently on the orders of Karie Murphy.

As Jeremy was speaking to the room about working together, learning from mistakes, learning from overreach, learning from each other, a ‘disruptor’ was reportedly removed from the conference.

Hopefully the petition will bear fruit and it will be a sign of better things to come.

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