This weekend, Your Party 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.
Your Party conference begins
Jeremy Corbyn came to the stage, but not even half the audience gave him a standing ovation. This was arguably a result of the recent trials and tribulations in the lead-up to this foundational event, leaving people feeling less excited than they should be about the birth of the first national socialist movement we have ever seen in our history.
As we can always count on, Jeremy gave a hope-inspiring, confidence-instilling speech, reaffirming the values and principles that have united us on this journey: fairness, inclusivity, transparency, and a member-led democracy.
The Your Party membership erupted in response to the calls for unity and the display of camaraderie and solidarity with Zarah Sultana, fellow co-leader in the process. The calls echo every word we have heard from Zarah Sultana so far about what this party should represent, finally presenting a solid, united front against the far-right threat we all face.
However, this falls a bit flat when we know that Zarah is being given the graveyard shift of speaking at the conference on Sunday, in the second session after lunch.
If unity, collaboration and camaraderie are truly at the heart of Your Party, and those who have been integral to the organising and management of the conference itself, then Zarah should have been on this stage alongside Jeremy Corbyn.
Ringing hollow already
For instance, whilst Jeremy was speaking to the room about working together, learning from mistakes, learning from overreach, learning from each other, Karie Murphy reportedly had someone removed from the Your Party conference as a ‘disruptor’;
🚨 EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE
Samira from the @SWP_Britain forcibly removed from the Your Party conference – and if anyone has a problem with that they need to take it up with… Karie Murphy… Your thoughts @zarahsultana? #YourParty #YourPartyConference pic.twitter.com/K9jyIStxzF
— Canary (@TheCanaryUK) November 29, 2025
When we heard earlier today from Michael Lavalette that he was deemed to be a disruptor, simply due to Counterfire’s focused campaign for a collectively owned, fully democratic movement with all those within it answerable to members, it is clear that constructive criticism and challenge is being repainted as disruptive and an attempt to take over the movement:
Yet ANOTHER person blocked from entering the Your Party conference – despite being invited to attend… What is going on @counterfireorg #YourParty #YourPartyConference pic.twitter.com/J5FhWZNdl3
— Canary (@TheCanaryUK) November 29, 2025
The hypocrisy and misalignment between Murphy and Corbyn must be confronted. We cannot have Corbyn calling for unity, when half of the left are being shown the door.
Featured image via the Canary
