DSYP Statement on the CEC vote to ban and exclude socialists
Democratic Socialists of Your Party express our dismay at the decision of the Central Executive Committee to impose bans on socialist organisations and to introduce rules restricting members from organising politically.
This is a direct attack on the democratic rights of members and a clear break from the founding principles of Your Party, including the commitment to pluralism and unity.
DSYP organisers will not accept or abide by these bans and exclusions and will continue to welcome any expelled socialist into our branches and work. We will continue to organise, campaign, and build openly as socialists within Your Party, fighting for the mass socialist party we so desperately need.
We extend our thanks and solidarity to those members of the CEC and the rank and file of Your Party who have stood firm in defence of party democracy, who have held to their principles under pressure, and who have stood with the membership against these measures.
Your Party members have never really been consulted on allowing dual membership, with the only motion allowed at conference not offering it as an option.
When they are eventually allowed to form, DSYP will support branches who choose not to uphold this undemocratic ban, and who continue to welcome any expelled socialist into their branches and work – the stakes are simply too high to turn good socialists away.
A generational opportunity is being squandered by a small sectarian clique under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn. We will continue to fight to build a party of the whole left, uniting all socialists and taking the fight for socialism forward.
Democratic Socialists of Your Party
12th April 2026