{"event_title": "Democratic Socialists @ Your Party Founding Conference - Day 2", "event_description": "Join Democratic Socialists to hear live updates from our attendees and supporters at the Your Party Founding Conference. Join the conversation @dsyp.org (Bluesky) and @DemSocsYP (X).", "news": [{"news_title": "Weekend Wrap Up", "news_content": "<p>Thank you all for joining us this weekend! The party members we met and the support we have received has been fantastic.<\/p><p>On our end, we'll be having an internal debrief regarding the weekend's events, with this dovetailing into a public meeting - more details to be confirmed!<\/p><p><br><\/p><p>Finally, if you like what you see, join us today! It would be great to have you onboard as we fight for a Party Republic, where power truly rests within the hands of the members.<\/p><p><br><\/p><p><a href=\"dsyp.org/join\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Join Today<\/a><\/p>", "content": "Thank you all for joining us this weekend! The party members we met and the support we have received has been fantastic.On our end, we'll be having an internal debrief regarding the weekend's events, with this dovetailing into a public meeting - more details to be confirmed!Finally, if you like what you see, join us today! It would be great to have you onboard as we fight for a Party Republic, where power truly rests within the hands of the members.Join Today", "editor_name": "finlay.youth", "claps": 0, "created": 1764524706, "updated": 1764524706}, {"news_title": "End Of Conference", "news_content": "<p>Jeremy Corbyn rounded out the conference with a speech calling for unity and solidarity, before wishing everyone a safe journey home. Much more remains to be done, and CEC elections are the new looming event on the horizon. Thanks were given to Karie Murphy in particular.<\/p>", "content": "Jeremy Corbyn rounded out the conference with a speech calling for unity and solidarity, before wishing everyone a safe journey home. Much more remains to be done, and CEC elections are the new looming event on the horizon. Thanks were given to Karie Murphy in particular.", "editor_name": "deepspace9fan", "claps": 0, "created": 1764521715, "updated": 1764521715}, {"news_title": "Karaoke Time", "news_content": "<p>The conference room has now broken out in song to the tune of Bella Ciao - thanks to the conference arrangements committee (whoever is on it) for distributing the lyrics to delegates!<\/p>", "content": "The conference room has now broken out in song to the tune of Bella Ciao - thanks to the conference arrangements committee (whoever is on it) for distributing the lyrics to delegates!", "editor_name": "dsyp", "claps": 0, "created": 1764521239, "updated": 1764592280}, {"news_title": "Final Vote Announcements", "news_content": "<p>Constitution and Political Statement has <strong>PASSED.<\/strong><\/p><p>Constitution approval received <strong>90.28%<\/strong> of the vote.<\/p><p>Political Statement passed with <strong>92.8% <\/strong>of the vote.<\/p><p><br><\/p><p><strong>Your Party<\/strong> has been chosen as the name for, well, <em>your party.<\/em><\/p><p><br><\/p><p>This was chosen with 37.06% of the vote, second most popular was <strong>Popular Alliance<\/strong> with 25.23%.<\/p>", "content": "Constitution and Political Statement has PASSED.Constitution approval received 90.28% of the vote.Political Statement passed with 92.8% of the vote.Your Party has been chosen as the name for, well, your party.This was chosen with 37.06% of the vote, second most popular was Popular Alliance with 25.23%.", "editor_name": "finlay.youth", "claps": 0, "created": 1764520478, "updated": 1764520782}, {"news_title": "Lack Of Activity From The Floor", "news_content": "<p>Ayoub Khan's speech has been very poorly received, with many calling it 'trite' or boycotting any response such as clapping.<\/p>", "content": "Ayoub Khan's speech has been very poorly received, with many calling it 'trite' or boycotting any response such as clapping.", "editor_name": "deepspace9fan", "claps": 0, "created": 1764520066, "updated": 1764520066}, {"news_title": "Delegates Speaking Multiple Times", "news_content": "<p>We're hearing from the ground from our organisers that multiple delegates that spoke to the debates earlier have spoken twice.<\/p><p>We aren't sure currently on specific numbers, but this just highlights even further how disenfranchising the conference has been to delegates that have made their way to Liverpool on such short notice.<\/p>", "content": "We're hearing from the ground from our organisers that multiple delegates that spoke to the debates earlier have spoken twice.We aren't sure currently on specific numbers, but this just highlights even further how disenfranchising the conference has been to delegates that have made their way to Liverpool on such short notice.", "editor_name": "finlay.youth", "claps": 0, "created": 1764519585, "updated": 1764519585}, {"news_title": "Jeremy Corbybn Now Speaking", "news_content": "<p>Jeremy is introducing Ayoub Khan, recently in the news for killing a dog and requesting the army be sent in to break a binworker's strike.<\/p>", "content": "Jeremy is introducing Ayoub Khan, recently in the news for killing a dog and requesting the army be sent in to break a binworker's strike.", "editor_name": "deepspace9fan", "claps": 0, "created": 1764518897, "updated": 1764518897}, {"news_title": "Voting for the Standing Orders debate is now open", "news_content": "<h2>STANDING ORDERS VOTING GUIDANCE<\/h2><p>Amendment Option 1: How do we choose members to go to conferences?<\/p><ul><li>Option A - Elected Delegates<\/li><\/ul><p>Amendment Option 2: Who gets to vote on matters going to conferences?<\/p><ul><li>Option A - Delegates Vote<\/li><\/ul><p>Amendment Option 3: How are motions brought to conference?<\/p><ul><li>Option B - Members can bring motions<\/li><\/ul><p>Amendment Option 4: Should national/regional and publicly elected party office holders be subject to a form of term limits?<\/p><ul><li>Option A - Yes<\/li><\/ul><p>Amendment Option 5: How should local party policy development be initiated?<\/p><ul><li>Option A - Local Parties Decide<\/li><\/ul><h2>Member Amendments<\/h2><p><strong><u>SUPPORT<\/u><\/strong> any member amendments in the top 9. The first 6 amendments are fully supported by DSYP.<\/p><p><a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U80igsGj0SWhz0TZG50QVqARtq3GtCc6shBnDZc1iL0/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.q0bsq1a13hb4\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-color: rgb(250, 251, 252); color: currentcolor;\">View our full voting guide (page 4)<\/a><\/p>", "content": "STANDING ORDERS VOTING GUIDANCEAmendment Option 1: How do we choose members to go to conferences?Option A - Elected DelegatesAmendment Option 2: Who gets to vote on matters going to conferences?Option A - Delegates VoteAmendment Option 3: How are motions brought to conference?Option B - Members can bring motionsAmendment Option 4: Should national/regional and publicly elected party office holders be subject to a form of term limits?Option A - YesAmendment Option 5: How should local party policy development be initiated?Option A - Local Parties DecideMember AmendmentsSUPPORT any member amendments in the top 9. The first 6 amendments are fully supported by DSYP.View our full voting guide (page 4)", "editor_name": "dsyp", "claps": 0, "created": 1764518873, "updated": 1764518873}, {"news_title": "Ratifcation Vote Has Closed", "news_content": "<p>It has hit 4pm - the ratification deadline for the Constituion and Political Statement <strong>has closed.<\/strong><\/p><p>The chair has informed us that the results of this will be released as soon as possible.<\/p>", "content": "It has hit 4pm - the ratification deadline for the Constituion and Political Statement has closed.The chair has informed us that the results of this will be released as soon as possible.", "editor_name": "finlay.youth", "claps": 0, "created": 1764518759, "updated": 1764518759}, {"news_title": "Only One Member Motion being heard", "news_content": "<p>The chair has confirmed only one more member motion will be heard - resulting in only a handful of motions from the membership having been heard throughout conference. Below is the content of the motion:<\/p><blockquote>'Members shall have a right to recall their local party officers by a majority vote in a members meeting'<\/blockquote>", "content": "The chair has confirmed only one more member motion will be heard - resulting in only a handful of motions from the membership having been heard throughout conference. Below is the content of the motion:'Members shall have a right to recall their local party officers by a majority vote in a members meeting'", "editor_name": "deepspace9fan", "claps": 0, "created": 1764518353, "updated": 1764518353}, {"news_title": "More speakers demand member motions are heard", "news_content": "<p>Speakers on both sides of the debate on motion submission method debate have demanded that member submitted motions, including the overwhelmingly popular motion on the workers' wage for elected officials, be heard. <\/p><p>Luke from the Democratic Bloc was cut off by the chair and the livestream suspended whilst making an argument that called for basic democratic standards.<\/p>", "content": "Speakers on both sides of the debate on motion submission method debate have demanded that member submitted motions, including the overwhelmingly popular motion on the workers' wage for elected officials, be heard. Luke from the Democratic Bloc was cut off by the chair and the livestream suspended whilst making an argument that called for basic democratic standards.", "editor_name": "charlie8porter", "claps": 0, "created": 1764517010, "updated": 1764517010}, {"news_title": "Shockat Adam Would Defy the Democratic Whip", "news_content": "<p>In a recent interview on the conference floor, Independent Alliance MP Shockat Adam stated that they <strong>would defy the democratic whip.<\/strong><\/p><blockquote>\"If there was a straightforward bill to band landlords, I will vote against that.\"<\/blockquote><p>The Independent Alliance have not been discreet about their priorities - <strong>no landlord can trusted to vote against their class interests.<\/strong><\/p><p><\/p><div class=\"lb24-tweet\">\ufeff<span contenteditable=\"false\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Your Party\u2019s Shockat Adam says he would defy any party whip if there was a call to ban landlords, though says he\u2019d always favour renters.<br><br>Lots of talk of democracy, but you don\u2019t have a party if you don\u2019t have discipline &amp; authority.<br><br>Ideally have it all! <a href=\"https://t.co/QYQUh13Ry3\">pic.twitter.com/QYQUh13Ry3<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AaronBastani/status/1995125308962263189?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n<\/span>\ufeff<\/div><p><\/p>", "content": "In a recent interview on the conference floor, Independent Alliance MP Shockat Adam stated that they would defy the democratic whip.\"If there was a straightforward bill to band landlords, I will vote against that.\"The Independent Alliance have not been discreet about their priorities - no landlord can trusted to vote against their class interests.\ufeffYour Party\u2019s Shockat Adam says he would defy any party whip if there was a call to ban landlords, though says he\u2019d always favour renters.Lots of talk of democracy, but you don\u2019t have a party if you don\u2019t have discipline &amp; authority.Ideally have it all! pic.twitter.com/QYQUh13Ry3\u2014 Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani) November 30, 2025\n\n\n\ufeff", "editor_name": "finlay.youth", "claps": 0, "created": 1764516751, "updated": 1764516751}, {"news_title": "Point of Order Regarding Chairing", "news_content": "<p>Activists on the ground have gone to the Points of Order Office (POO) to submit a point of order calling for a <strong>vote of no confidence <\/strong>in the chair.<\/p><p>The conduct of the chair with regards to one of the member debate contributions, with the pairing of the cutting of live stream, when the member rightly called out the flaws in the online motion portal has not inspired confidence in their chairing abilities with the conference.<\/p><p>There is a<em> massive queue<\/em> of people right now outside the standing orders committee wanting the chair to be removed<\/p><p>More details to follow.<\/p>", "content": "Activists on the ground have gone to the Points of Order Office (POO) to submit a point of order calling for a vote of no confidence in the chair.The conduct of the chair with regards to one of the member debate contributions, with the pairing of the cutting of live stream, when the member rightly called out the flaws in the online motion portal has not inspired confidence in their chairing abilities with the conference.There is a massive queue of people right now outside the standing orders committee wanting the chair to be removedMore details to follow.", "editor_name": "finlay.youth", "claps": 0, "created": 1764516422, "updated": 1764516886}, {"news_title": "Conference begins final debate on the Standing Orders", "news_content": "<p>The final debate session on the Standing Orders is in progress.<\/p><p>Online voting gives the power to the leadership and bureaucrats to set the questions with binary options. Instead, members should be empowered to propose answers, debate, propose amendments and vote.<\/p><p>It's absolutely important that we avoid the farce that is online voting, exactly as we have seen play out this weekend.<\/p><p>We need proper participatory democracy with elected delegates.<\/p>", "content": "The final debate session on the Standing Orders is in progress.Online voting gives the power to the leadership and bureaucrats to set the questions with binary options. Instead, members should be empowered to propose answers, debate, propose amendments and vote.It's absolutely important that we avoid the farce that is online voting, exactly as we have seen play out this weekend.We need proper participatory democracy with elected delegates.", "editor_name": "dsyp", "claps": 0, "created": 1764515428, "updated": 1764515453}, {"news_title": "Zarah Sultana Speech Starts", "news_content": "<p>Zarah Sultana, who has introduced herself as Your Party MP for Coventry South.<\/p><p><br><\/p><p>You can watch along with the speech <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb_iQQVTDiE\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">on Youtube here.<\/a><\/p><p><br><\/p><p>Sultana has explicity called for members to vote <strong>YES <\/strong>on the constitution.<\/p><p>Alongside this, she has called out the explusions - stating they were <em>\"made at the top, and not by you\".\ufeff<\/em><\/p>", "content": "Zarah Sultana, who has introduced herself as Your Party MP for Coventry South.You can watch along with the speech on Youtube here.Sultana has explicity called for members to vote YES on the constitution.Alongside this, she has called out the explusions - stating they were \"made at the top, and not by you\".\ufeff", "editor_name": "finlay.youth", "claps": 0, "created": 1764512411, "updated": 1764512734}, {"news_title": "Final Documents voting guide - Constitution and Political Statement", "news_content": "<p>Here are our voting recommendations (as amended) for the Constitution and Political Statement<\/p><h2>Constitution<\/h2><p>DSYP is recommending a <strong><u>vote YES<\/u><\/strong>, with a clear warning:<\/p><p>This document is not the democratic socialist constitution we need. But rejecting it now would hand power back to the unelected leadership, letting them rewrite the rules without members.<\/p><p>A <strong><u>YES<\/u><\/strong> protects the gains we\u2019ve made \u2014 and keeps the fight in members\u2019 hands.<\/p><h2>Political Statement<\/h2><p><strong><u>Vote NO<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p>Your Party needs a proper programme, debated and decided by members \u2014 not a placeholder text with no democratic mandate and no political clarity.<\/p><p>DSYP will keep fighting for a real socialist programme.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: rgb(71, 71, 71);\">&nbsp;\ud83d\udc49 <\/span><a href=\"https://dsyp.org/yourparty-political-statement/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read our proposals<\/a><\/p>", "content": "Here are our voting recommendations (as amended) for the Constitution and Political StatementConstitutionDSYP is recommending a vote YES, with a clear warning:This document is not the democratic socialist constitution we need. But rejecting it now would hand power back to the unelected leadership, letting them rewrite the rules without members.A YES protects the gains we\u2019ve made \u2014 and keeps the fight in members\u2019 hands.Political StatementVote NOYour Party needs a proper programme, debated and decided by members \u2014 not a placeholder text with no democratic mandate and no political clarity.DSYP will keep fighting for a real socialist programme.&nbsp;\ud83d\udc49 Read our proposals", "editor_name": "dsyp", "claps": 0, "created": 1764511766, "updated": 1764511869}, {"news_title": "Speech by Zarah Sultana next up at conference", "news_content": "<p>Zarah Sultana is due to speak very soon - tune in!<\/p><p><\/p><div class=\"lb24-html\">\ufeff<span contenteditable=\"false\">\ufeff<span contenteditable=\"false\">\ufeff<span contenteditable=\"false\"><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/tb_iQQVTDiE\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/span>\ufeff<\/span>\ufeff<\/span>\ufeff<\/div><p><\/p>", "content": "Zarah Sultana is due to speak very soon - tune in!\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff", "editor_name": "dsyp", "claps": 0, "created": 1764511470, "updated": 1764511470}, {"news_title": "The Rumour Mill Turns", "news_content": "<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">We\u2019re hearing rumours on the ground (and through some confirmation on Twitter) that Corbyn outriders within the organisation \u201cCollective\u201d are pushing for members to reject the constitution on the grounds that a collective leadership prevents Corbyn from leading.<\/span><\/p><p><\/p><div class=\"lb24-tweet\">\ufeff<span contenteditable=\"false\">\ufeff<span contenteditable=\"false\"><div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" style=\"display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1995091285460541868&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fportal.24liveblog.com%2Fevent%2F3989704324590682359%2Fnews%2Fadd&amp;sessionId=e5e8fc5b2f817f7cacb2d9456799d742a9319312&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" style=\"position: static; 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color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">political statement:<\/span><\/p><p><\/p><div class=\"lb24-tweet\">\ufeff<span contenteditable=\"false\">\ufeff<span contenteditable=\"false\">\ufeff<span contenteditable=\"false\">\ufeff<span contenteditable=\"false\">\ufeff<span contenteditable=\"false\">\ufeff<span contenteditable=\"false\">\ufeff<span contenteditable=\"false\">\ufeff<span contenteditable=\"false\"><div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" style=\"display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1995124238139744614&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fportal.24liveblog.com%2Fevent%2F3989704324590682359%2Fnews%2Fadd&amp;sessionId=e5e8fc5b2f817f7cacb2d9456799d742a9319312&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 429px; height: 532px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" data-tweet-id=\"1995124238139744614\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n<\/span>\ufeff<\/span>\ufeff<\/span>\ufeff<\/span>\ufeff<\/span>\ufeff<\/span>\ufeff<\/span>\ufeff<\/span>\ufeff<\/div><p><\/p>", "content": "We\u2019re hearing rumours on the ground (and through some confirmation on Twitter) that Corbyn outriders within the organisation \u201cCollective\u201d are pushing for members to reject the constitution on the grounds that a collective leadership prevents Corbyn from leading.\ufeff\ufeff\n\n\n\ufeff\ufeffCurrently looking for confirmation of this, but we\u2019ve been told that they even locked down their internal Whatsapp channel when their own supporters starting pushing back against this position - if you've got screenshots of this, send them our way.Getting a lot of deja vu with this tactics!On the otherside of the aisle we can see Sultana explicity advocating voting Yes on both the constitution and political statement:\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\n\n\n\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff", "editor_name": "dsyp", "claps": 0, "created": 1764510225, "updated": 1764510493}, {"news_title": "Our Workers' Wage intervention - watch the speech", "news_content": "<p><\/p><div class=\"lb24-html\">\ufeff<span contenteditable=\"false\">\ufeff<span contenteditable=\"false\"><blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRrnWPyiHTT/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRrnWPyiHTT/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Democratic Socialists - Your Party (@demsocsyp)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"//www.instagram.com/embed.js\"><\/script><\/span>\ufeff<\/span>\ufeff<\/div><p><\/p>", "content": "\ufeff\ufeff        View this post on Instagram            A post shared by Democratic Socialists - Your Party (@demsocsyp)\n\ufeff\ufeff", "editor_name": "dsyp", "claps": 0, "created": 1764508088, "updated": 1764508088}, {"news_title": "Our intervention on the workers' wage amendment", "news_content": "<p>Our comrade doing us proud! Democratic Socialists organiser, Anahita, took to the floor despite hostility from the chair to deliver an impassioned speech demanding that the workers' wage amendment get heard.<\/p><p>See the full speech below:<\/p><p>\"Comrades,<\/p><p>We\u2019ve seen today a membership resoundingly rejecting the old way of doing things. When Jeremy, Zarah, and others said Your Party would be member\u2011led, based in the grassroots, we were thrilled. We need exactly the party we\u2019ve been promised. Our party has to be a real democratic collective project where ordinary people set the agenda and the leadership follows.<\/p><p>We\u2019re very glad to be hearing member motions like this one but one of the most popular member-submitted motions - to have elected officials and staff salaries capped at a Median Workers Wage - was tabled in the Standing Orders. It immediately became by far the most popular motion before it was quickly ruled \u201cout of order\u201d in the words of a volunteer \u201cbecause of a typo\u201d.<\/p><p>INSTEAD OF ALLOWING THE MOST POPULAR MOTION TO BE FORMALLY EDITED, IT WAS REJECTED<\/p><p>Other motions that raised similar proposals were also rejected because they were \u201cduplicates\u201d of the rejected Worker\u2019s Wage motion.<\/p><p>Yesterday we gathered with over 50 comrades and we walked together to the Standing Order Committee room to raise our point of order to have the Worker\u2019s Wage motion debated in conference.<\/p><p>As of this morning the Workers Wage motion, one of the most popular motions submitted to the Your Party website has still not been added to the agenda.<\/p><p>MEMBERS\u2019 CONCERNS HAVE BEEN IGNORED AND THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS SIDELINED<\/p><p>We have followed all the rules and have been either ignored or been given nonsense reasons - a typo is not a valid reason to ignore the will of the membership. The only legitimate mechanism remaining to us is to ask conference directly that the Workers Wage amendment be added to the agenda during the standing order section.<\/p><p>If this conference is truly democratic there is no reason why the topic of an average Workers Wage should be ignored other than to silence members who want their representatives to be paid the same as us.<\/p><p>At the moment the party we have is less democratic than the Greens, and shares with a genocidal Labour party an obsession with punching left and witch hunting socialists. A member-led party must hold the bureaucrats and leaders who brought us here accountable.\"<\/p>", "content": "Our comrade doing us proud! Democratic Socialists organiser, Anahita, took to the floor despite hostility from the chair to deliver an impassioned speech demanding that the workers' wage amendment get heard.See the full speech below:\"Comrades,We\u2019ve seen today a membership resoundingly rejecting the old way of doing things. When Jeremy, Zarah, and others said Your Party would be member\u2011led, based in the grassroots, we were thrilled. We need exactly the party we\u2019ve been promised. Our party has to be a real democratic collective project where ordinary people set the agenda and the leadership follows.We\u2019re very glad to be hearing member motions like this one but one of the most popular member-submitted motions - to have elected officials and staff salaries capped at a Median Workers Wage - was tabled in the Standing Orders. It immediately became by far the most popular motion before it was quickly ruled \u201cout of order\u201d in the words of a volunteer \u201cbecause of a typo\u201d.INSTEAD OF ALLOWING THE MOST POPULAR MOTION TO BE FORMALLY EDITED, IT WAS REJECTEDOther motions that raised similar proposals were also rejected because they were \u201cduplicates\u201d of the rejected Worker\u2019s Wage motion.Yesterday we gathered with over 50 comrades and we walked together to the Standing Order Committee room to raise our point of order to have the Worker\u2019s Wage motion debated in conference.As of this morning the Workers Wage motion, one of the most popular motions submitted to the Your Party website has still not been added to the agenda.MEMBERS\u2019 CONCERNS HAVE BEEN IGNORED AND THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS SIDELINEDWe have followed all the rules and have been either ignored or been given nonsense reasons - a typo is not a valid reason to ignore the will of the membership. The only legitimate mechanism remaining to us is to ask conference directly that the Workers Wage amendment be added to the agenda during the standing order section.If this conference is truly democratic there is no reason why the topic of an average Workers Wage should be ignored other than to silence members who want their representatives to be paid the same as us.At the moment the party we have is less democratic than the Greens, and shares with a genocidal Labour party an obsession with punching left and witch hunting socialists. A member-led party must hold the bureaucrats and leaders who brought us here accountable.\"", "editor_name": "charlie8porter", "claps": 0, "created": 1764507214, "updated": 1764507214}, {"news_title": "Conference debate now moves to member amendments", "news_content": "<p>Roadmap amendment debates are over and the Chair moves to member amendments:<\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Motion: Explicitly Mention Trans Liberation<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Yes - trans people are currently facing attacks from all sections of society. The question of trans liberation is essential and the party should be explicit in its recognition of that.<\/span><\/p>", "content": "Roadmap amendment debates are over and the Chair moves to member amendments:Motion: Explicitly Mention Trans LiberationYes - trans people are currently facing attacks from all sections of society. The question of trans liberation is essential and the party should be explicit in its recognition of that.", "editor_name": "dsyp", "claps": 0, "created": 1764505489, "updated": 1764505525}, {"news_title": "Voting for the Organisational Strategy debate is now open", "news_content": "<p>Voting is now open for the organisational strategy document, here's our recommendations:<\/p><h2>ORGANISATIONAL STRATEGY VOTING GUIDANCE<\/h2><p>Amendment 1: Local Election Parties<\/p><ul><li>Option A \u2014 Support Independents<\/li><\/ul><p>Amendment 2: Standing Candidates<\/p><ul><li>Option B \u2014 Targeted Candidates<\/li><\/ul><p>Amendment 3: Worker's Movement Commission<\/p><ul><li>Reject<\/li><\/ul><p>Motion: Explicitly Mention Trans Liberation<\/p><ul><li>Yes<\/li><\/ul><p>Motion: Add Anti-Oppression as a Principle<\/p><ul><li>Yes<\/li><\/ul><p>Motion: Committing to the fight for trans liberation<\/p><ul><li>Yes<\/li><\/ul><p>Motion: prepare for the May elections with a bold anti-austerity stand<\/p><ul><li>No - the party is not ready to fight the 2026 local elections<\/li><\/ul><p>Motion: Local elections and defending local jobs &amp; services<\/p><ul><li>&nbsp;No - the party is not ready to fight the 2026 local elections<\/li><\/ul><p><a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U80igsGj0SWhz0TZG50QVqARtq3GtCc6shBnDZc1iL0/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.q0bsq1a13hb4\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">View our full voting guide (page 12)<\/a><\/p>", "content": "Voting is now open for the organisational strategy document, here's our recommendations:ORGANISATIONAL STRATEGY VOTING GUIDANCEAmendment 1: Local Election PartiesOption A \u2014 Support IndependentsAmendment 2: Standing CandidatesOption B \u2014 Targeted CandidatesAmendment 3: Worker's Movement CommissionRejectMotion: Explicitly Mention Trans LiberationYesMotion: Add Anti-Oppression as a PrincipleYesMotion: Committing to the fight for trans liberationYesMotion: prepare for the May elections with a bold anti-austerity standNo - the party is not ready to fight the 2026 local electionsMotion: Local elections and defending local jobs &amp; services&nbsp;No - the party is not ready to fight the 2026 local electionsView our full voting guide (page 12)", "editor_name": "dsyp", "claps": 0, "created": 1764505873, "updated": 1764508841}, {"news_title": "UPDATE: Standing Orders Committee Decision", "news_content": "<p>The Standing Orders Committee (SOC) ruled out a member-submitted 'Workers Wage for elected officials' amendment on the grounds of a typing error after it had been opened for endorsements. This amendment initially blocked ours on the grounds that ours was a duplicate, but this decision has since been changed with the SOC claiming ours should have been a standing orders rather than constitution amendment. This is nonsensical as ours fit clearly within the section on MP and staff rules, and it's doubly nonsensical to exclude the other amendment due to a typo. <\/p>", "content": "The Standing Orders Committee (SOC) ruled out a member-submitted 'Workers Wage for elected officials' amendment on the grounds of a typing error after it had been opened for endorsements. This amendment initially blocked ours on the grounds that ours was a duplicate, but this decision has since been changed with the SOC claiming ours should have been a standing orders rather than constitution amendment. This is nonsensical as ours fit clearly within the section on MP and staff rules, and it's doubly nonsensical to exclude the other amendment due to a typo. ", "editor_name": "charlie8porter", "claps": 0, "created": 1764502985, "updated": 1764502985}, {"news_title": "How representative was online voting?", "news_content": "<p>We've been told that Your Party has about 50,000 members. Looking at the voter turnout data for Day 1 of Conference, it appears that only around 21,000 members had been verified in time to vote. Of those eligible voters turnout was typically 40-50%.<\/p><p>We have consistently opposed online voting which gives the veneer of democracy without any real power for the membership, but this system can't even live up to its own ideals when thousands are disengaged. <\/p>", "content": "We've been told that Your Party has about 50,000 members. Looking at the voter turnout data for Day 1 of Conference, it appears that only around 21,000 members had been verified in time to vote. Of those eligible voters turnout was typically 40-50%.We have consistently opposed online voting which gives the veneer of democracy without any real power for the membership, but this system can't even live up to its own ideals when thousands are disengaged. ", "editor_name": "dsyp", "claps": 0, "created": 1764500730, "updated": 1764500730}, {"news_title": "BREAKING: Results are in for Constitution and Political Statement", "news_content": "<p><strong>Results are in on votes for Constitution and Political Statement debates!<\/strong><\/p><h2>Political Statement<\/h2><ul><li>Your Party should explicitly signal it is a socialist party - <u>PASSED<\/u><\/li><li>Your Party should explicitly signal that the working class is at the heart of the social alliance it seeks to build -&nbsp;<u>PASSED<\/u><\/li><li>Your Party should be a mass party rooted in the broadest possible social alliance -&nbsp;<u>PASSED<\/u> <em>however we recommended to reject this<\/em>.<\/li><\/ul><h2>Constitution<\/h2><ul><li><strong style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Amendment 1:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">&nbsp;Leadership Model (clause 3.c.) -&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"background-color: transparent;\">OPTION B (COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP) - <\/strong><u style=\"background-color: transparent;\">PASSED<\/u><\/li><li><strong style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Amendment 2:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">&nbsp;Dual Membership (clause 4) -&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"background-color: transparent;\">DO NOT VOTE - <\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Option A <\/span><u style=\"background-color: transparent;\">PASSED<\/u><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\"> <\/span><em style=\"background-color: transparent;\">however we recommended not to vote as both options were unsatisfactory.<\/em><\/li><li><strong style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Amendment 3:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">&nbsp;Branches (clause 3.d.) -&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"background-color: transparent;\">OPTION A (20%) - <\/strong><u style=\"background-color: transparent;\">PASSED<\/u><\/li><li><strong style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Amendment 4:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">&nbsp;Regions and branches: spending autonomy (clause 3.d.) -&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"background-color: transparent;\">OPTION A (BRANCH CONTROL) - <\/strong><u style=\"background-color: transparent;\">PASSED<\/u><\/li><li><strong style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Amendment 5:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">&nbsp;Central Executive Committee Elections (Clause 3.b.) -&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"background-color: transparent;\">OPTION B (NATIONAL VOTE) - <\/strong><u style=\"background-color: transparent;\">OPTION A PASSED<\/u><\/li><li><strong style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Motion:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">&nbsp;Members who hold public office in parliament cannot accept gifts, donations or exchange of services above a certain amount or work second jobs -&nbsp;<\/span><u style=\"background-color: transparent;\">PASSED<\/u><\/li><\/ul><p>Full results are on the Your Party website and more analysis to follow.<\/p>", "content": "Results are in on votes for Constitution and Political Statement debates!Political StatementYour Party should explicitly signal it is a socialist party - PASSEDYour Party should explicitly signal that the working class is at the heart of the social alliance it seeks to build -&nbsp;PASSEDYour Party should be a mass party rooted in the broadest possible social alliance -&nbsp;PASSED however we recommended to reject this.ConstitutionAmendment 1:&nbsp;Leadership Model (clause 3.c.) -&nbsp;OPTION B (COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP) - PASSEDAmendment 2:&nbsp;Dual Membership (clause 4) -&nbsp;DO NOT VOTE - Option A PASSED however we recommended not to vote as both options were unsatisfactory.Amendment 3:&nbsp;Branches (clause 3.d.) -&nbsp;OPTION A (20%) - PASSEDAmendment 4:&nbsp;Regions and branches: spending autonomy (clause 3.d.) -&nbsp;OPTION A (BRANCH CONTROL) - PASSEDAmendment 5:&nbsp;Central Executive Committee Elections (Clause 3.b.) -&nbsp;OPTION B (NATIONAL VOTE) - OPTION A PASSEDMotion:&nbsp;Members who hold public office in parliament cannot accept gifts, donations or exchange of services above a certain amount or work second jobs -&nbsp;PASSEDFull results are on the Your Party website and more analysis to follow.", "editor_name": "dsyp", "claps": 0, "created": 1764499764, "updated": 1764499793}, {"news_title": "BREAKING: Update on our workers' wage amendment", "news_content": "<p>Our organisers on the conference floor have been informed that a ruling will be made imminently on our point of order, relating to the workers' wage for elected representatives. It was kept off the agenda despite being one of the most popular member-submitted amendments and we want to know why.<\/p><p>The chair of the Standing Orders Committee has been summoned to deliver the response.<\/p><p>More to follow.<\/p>", "content": "Our organisers on the conference floor have been informed that a ruling will be made imminently on our point of order, relating to the workers' wage for elected representatives. It was kept off the agenda despite being one of the most popular member-submitted amendments and we want to know why.The chair of the Standing Orders Committee has been summoned to deliver the response.More to follow.", "editor_name": "dsyp", "claps": 0, "created": 1764497874, "updated": 1764497874}, {"news_title": "Roundup of Day 1 at Conference", "news_content": "<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Day 1 of Your Party\u2019s founding conference was marred by controversy with proceedings only offering a thin veneer of democracy. We were provided with an online voting system which rigidly applied pre-determined questions by Your Party unelected clique. During a seven-hour conference, member-submitted motions were debated for a total of 10 minutes, speakers were cut off, the livestream was interrupted when speakers raised points critical of the bureaucracy, and the draconian standing orders were followed selectively.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Notably our point of order asking why our motion on a Workers\u2019 Wage was not on the agenda. It was submitted within the rules, yet we received no feedback until our organisers challenged senior party figures at the end of the day. We think that Your Party officials needs to follow their own rules and give a formal response to conference on our point of order and to allow conference to allocate time to debate this critical motion.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">The controversies continued with senior figures in the SWP being expelled from the party, including one who claims he wasn\u2019t even a member of Your Party. We also saw reports on social media of members being expelled from conference with sham justifications. We have serious disagreements with and criticisms of the SWP, especially their history of abuse and cover ups, but this doesn\u2019t negate the basic democratic demand that all members be entitled to due process. We should collectively push back to demand Your Party allows dual membership. The choice between an outright ban or a whitelist is no choice at all.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Finally, yesterday also saw fringe events through the Socialist Unity Platform where we had several speakers. You can <\/span><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@DemocraticSocialists/streams\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);\">watch the SUP panels on Youtube<\/a><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https://dsyp.org/conference/day1/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);\">Don\u2019t forget you can catch-up on yesterday\u2019s events by checking out our full blog of Day 1<\/a><\/p>", "content": "Day 1 of Your Party\u2019s founding conference was marred by controversy with proceedings only offering a thin veneer of democracy. We were provided with an online voting system which rigidly applied pre-determined questions by Your Party unelected clique. During a seven-hour conference, member-submitted motions were debated for a total of 10 minutes, speakers were cut off, the livestream was interrupted when speakers raised points critical of the bureaucracy, and the draconian standing orders were followed selectively.&nbsp;Notably our point of order asking why our motion on a Workers\u2019 Wage was not on the agenda. It was submitted within the rules, yet we received no feedback until our organisers challenged senior party figures at the end of the day. We think that Your Party officials needs to follow their own rules and give a formal response to conference on our point of order and to allow conference to allocate time to debate this critical motion.The controversies continued with senior figures in the SWP being expelled from the party, including one who claims he wasn\u2019t even a member of Your Party. We also saw reports on social media of members being expelled from conference with sham justifications. We have serious disagreements with and criticisms of the SWP, especially their history of abuse and cover ups, but this doesn\u2019t negate the basic democratic demand that all members be entitled to due process. We should collectively push back to demand Your Party allows dual membership. The choice between an outright ban or a whitelist is no choice at all.Finally, yesterday also saw fringe events through the Socialist Unity Platform where we had several speakers. You can watch the SUP panels on Youtube.Don\u2019t forget you can catch-up on yesterday\u2019s events by checking out our full blog of Day 1", "editor_name": "dsyp", "claps": 0, "created": 1764496695, "updated": 1764497680}, {"news_title": "Welcome to Day 2 of our live blog of Founding Conference!", "news_content": "<p>Hi and welcome to Day 2 our live blog! Once again, Democratic Socialists of Your Party will be bringing you live updates, news and analysis of the Your Party Founding Conference.<\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Comrades will be reporting back to us in the Live Blog Team throughout the day run by Jon, Charlie, Ewan and Fin. You can submit news to us by email at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:mail+conference@dsyp.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);\">mail+conference@dsyp.org<\/a><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">, by DMs through X <\/span><a href=\"https://x.com/demsocsyp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);\">@DemSocsYP<\/a><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">, Bluesky <\/span><a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/dsyp.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);\">@dsyp.org<\/a><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">.<\/span><\/p>", "content": "Hi and welcome to Day 2 our live blog! Once again, Democratic Socialists of Your Party will be bringing you live updates, news and analysis of the Your Party Founding Conference.Comrades will be reporting back to us in the Live Blog Team throughout the day run by Jon, Charlie, Ewan and Fin. You can submit news to us by email at mail+conference@dsyp.org, by DMs through X @DemSocsYP, Bluesky @dsyp.org.", "editor_name": "dsyp", "claps": 0, "created": 1764494348, "updated": 1764494348}, {"news_title": "Day 2 Conference agenda", "news_content": "<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">10:15 Conference Opening &amp; Announcement of Day 1 Amendment Results<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">10:30 Address: Shockat Adam MP<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">10:40 Address:Erik Uden, Die Linke<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">11:00 Debate: Organisational Strategy (One Year)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">12:30 Lunch and Fringe:Palestine &amp; International Solidarity<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">14:05 Address: Zarah Sultana MP<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">14:15 Debate: Standing Orders<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">16:15 Address: Nad\u00e8ge Abomangoli, La France Insoumise<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">16:25 Address: Ayoub Khan MP<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">16:35 Close of Conference with Jeremy Corbyn MP. Announcement of votes: Constitution &amp; Name<\/span><\/p>", "content": "10:15 Conference Opening &amp; Announcement of Day 1 Amendment Results10:30 Address: Shockat Adam MP10:40 Address:Erik Uden, Die Linke11:00 Debate: Organisational Strategy (One Year)12:30 Lunch and Fringe:Palestine &amp; International Solidarity14:05 Address: Zarah Sultana MP14:15 Debate: Standing Orders16:15 Address: Nad\u00e8ge Abomangoli, La France Insoumise16:25 Address: Ayoub Khan MP16:35 Close of Conference with Jeremy Corbyn MP. Announcement of votes: Constitution &amp; Name", "editor_name": "dsyp", "claps": 0, "created": 1764495000, "updated": 1764495000}]}