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Defiant Zara Sultana refuses to be “pushed out” your party He then boycotted the first day of the conference and accused people within the organization of creating a “toxic culture” and cited a “witch hunt”.
In an extraordinary controversy at the party’s inaugural meeting, Ms Sultana said She will not enter the main conference in the center liverpool On Saturday one of his supporters, Kingston councilor James Giles, was claimed to have been denied entry. Other members were expelled on Friday over alleged membership of the Socialist Workers Party.
Criticism comes after a few hours jeremy corbyn swore off Co-leaders of the embattled party were united,
A spokesman for Ms Sultana said: “Zara met members outside the conference and condemned the recent expulsions. This witch-hunt is unforgivable. We must build a party that welcomes all socialists. She will not be entering the conference hall today.”
But your party has hit back, denying claims of a “purge” of members and saying those expelled had broken “clearly stated membership rules”.
A spokesperson for Your Party said: “These claims are false. Members of another national political party signed up to Your Party in breach of clearly stated membership rules – and these rules were enforced.”
Ms Sultana expressed disappointment over the expulsion of people from your party on the eve of its foundation conference.
He said, “I was disappointed to see that on the morning of our founding conference, people who had come from all over the country, who had spent a lot of money on their train fares, hotels to be able to attend this conference, were told that they had been expelled.
“This is a culture that is reminiscent of the Labor Party, how witch hunts were conducted on the eve of conference, how members were treated with contempt,” she continued. “We are here to build a democratic party that unites all leftists, all socialists, so that they can find their political home in your party. So what we saw this morning is disappointing and must be reversed.”
But he insisted the party could work together, although he accused unnamed individuals of trying to run the organization “from the top down.”
He said: “We certainly have to work together. But we have to get rid of this toxic culture of leaking, legal threats, intimidation and sabotage to the right-wing press…
“This is all symptomatic of a group of people operating with paranoia and an obsession for control, and I am here to protect member democracy.”
The latest row comes just hours after Mr Corbyn claimed infighting in his party was over, as he told members he was proud of his co-leader and sent a message of “support and solidarity” at a rally on Friday night.
In a speech to party members in Liverpool on Saturday, he said: “As a party, we have to come together and unite because division and division will not serve the interests of the people we seek to represent. So that is the basis on which we are now launching the party.”
The new commitment to unity came as Mr Corbyn refused to call Ms Sultana a friend during an interview sky NewsInstead, he said the pair were “colleagues in Parliament, and we communicate clearly and so on”,
Ms Sultana alleged that despite expressing her issues with the “witch hunt” going on in her party, she said she would support Mr Corbyn if he was elected party leader “despite his advocacy of collective leadership”.
“I’m a Democrat, I’ll support whatever decision the members make,” she said. “I supported the co-leadership structure. Unfortunately, a nameless, faceless bureaucrat decided that members were not even allowed to vote on that option.
“Interestingly, the party I supported, I also supported ‘Left Party’ as a name, and it has also not been included as an option for members, which is indeed an undemocratic move.”
It marks a chaotic first few months for the party, which has been marred by division, with Mr Corbyn and Ms Sultana falling out over a failed membership launch.
Ms Sultana complained that she had been made the victim of a “sexist boys club” after supporters were invited to officially sign up and give financial support to the party. But Mr Corbyn described the move as “unauthorized email” and warned members not to sign up via the link in a statement posted on social media just hours later.
Two MPs who helped establish the organization have also stepped down; Last week, Iqbal Mohammed said in a statement that he had decided to leave your party and continue to serve his Dewsbury and Batley constituency as an independent MP.
And earlier this month, MP Adnan Hussain said he was stepping down from the party’s “operational process”, citing concerns about factionalism and “hidden bias” against Muslims.
Later in his speech, Mr Corbyn used his party’s alleged new unity to criticize the structure and “bureaucracy” of the Labor Party.
The former Labor leader said: “I’ve had enough of the party from top to bottom. I’ve spent my whole life in the Labor Party, mostly fighting the Labor Party bureaucracy. I don’t want to repeat that in your party. I don’t want to repeat that experience.”
He took the opportunity to urge members to “campaign ever more” for “real socialism”.
Concluding his opening speech at the party’s founding conference, he said: “We come here to Liverpool this weekend with a huge responsibility on our shoulders to start this work, branch out, campaign and fight elections in the future.
“This is our opportunity and our time.
“We are going to seize it with both hands, build that party, build that society, and campaign forever for real socialism and real social justice.”
Members will be able to vote on this during the conference new name of the party after Months of indecision and confusion. The options include your party, our party, popular alliance and for many, the chosen name will be announced on Sunday.