On October 8 the “Platform for a Democratic Party” launched an important open letter. In this letter the authors explained… “While some enthusiasm remains and good work is happening in localities, faith in the national [Your Party] process is leaking away. Unless immediate steps are taken to ensure transparency, accountability and real democracy, the credibility […]| Thoughts of a Leicester Socialist
On October 1, Zarah Sultana spoke at a meeting of Your Party supporters in Wandsworth where she did a good job of answering some of the many questions that were posed to her by the audience. On the issue of democracy at the founding conference she said: “I do not agree with sortition either”. But […]| Thoughts of a Leicester Socialist
I don’t often write positive reviews for conservative authors, but when it comes to writing about conspiracies they sometimes get things right. This is the case with S.D. Tucker’s 2002 text The Saucer and the Swastika: The Dark Myth of Nazi UFOs – which follows some the same ground that I covered in my own […]| Thoughts of a Leicester Socialist
Speaking to a packed rally in Liverpool last night Zarah Sultana was on fire: “We are done begging for the crumbs off the table, we are taking the fucking lot!” She explained that Your Party must… “Cut through the noise and speak directly to people’s lived realities. Housing, insecure work, wages that don’t cover the […]| Thoughts of a Leicester Socialist
Here in the UK the capitalist class has been waging a vicious war against the working class for more than a hundred years. In the nineteenth-century ruing elites deemed it illegal for workers to organise democratically in our workplaces, but we ignored them and eventually succeeded in winning the democratic right to elect our own […]| Thoughts of a Leicester Socialist
Earlier this year Leicester’s Labour-run City Council decided to start “counting personal independence payments (PIP) as a form of household income when it means-tests the support it gives to council tax payers.” This is pushing many people who are already scraping by, living in poverty, into deeper poverty. The Leicester Mercury (September 23) reported that they… “…spoke […]| Thoughts of a Leicester Socialist
This letter was published in the Leicester Mercury on October, more than two weeks after I submitted it for publication. When workers take coordinated strike action in their workplaces, it can inspire their bosses to see sense (if only out of self-interest), forcing them to listen to their workers’ demands. University and College Union (UCU) […]| Thoughts of a Leicester Socialist
Your Party should righty be seen as an inspirational effort to reclaim democracy for ordinary people. Your Party aims to include the millions of people who have been deliberately excluded from mean…| Thoughts of a Leicester Socialist
As an excited member of Your Party and an active member of the proto-branch in Leicestershire, I think it is critical that we get in contact with all the other members across our region. Yet, at the moment this is not possible. For a start I (and everyone else involved) want to invite the thousands […]| Thoughts of a Leicester Socialist
Your Party may not have a constitution or any founding documents, but its current unelected leadership is insisting that members “cannot be a member of another political party.” Of course, if people are members of a political party that tries to prevent Your Party winning elections, then they shouldn’t be a member of Your Party. […]| Thoughts of a Leicester Socialist
Personally, I don’t like to gamble, the odds are never good. I would, however, bet that ordinary people can, and will, make Your Party an earth-shattering success. The capitalist stack of cards tha…| Thoughts of a Leicester Socialist
July 24: The YourParty.uk web site went live allowing people to officially sign up. The founding statement (signed by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana) highlighted how “The system is rigged” adding …| Thoughts of a Leicester Socialist
Over 800,000 people have signed up to YourParty, and Zarah Sultana has the potential to make a great co-leader of our new political formation. In a recent interview, Sultana highlights some of the …| Thoughts of a Leicester Socialist
The numbers keep growing. Over 700,000 have signed up to be founding members of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s provisionally named YourParty.uk. So, the critical question that faces this germina…| Thoughts of a Leicester Socialist
Leicester Labour-run Council have come under fire from UNISON’s General Secretary because of their refusal to act against racism in their workplace. Yesterday it was announced that Bindu Parmar had…| Thoughts of a Leicester Socialist
It is positive that another protest has been called against Leicester’s Labour-led City Council because of their ongoing plans to defund our libraries and community centres. This demonstration is b…| Thoughts of a Leicester Socialist
Nationwide, Labour-run local authorities seem determined to prove to ordinary people that Labour do not want to help them. In taking this regressive approach, they are replicating the Labour Party’…| Thoughts of a Leicester Socialist
