The new left-wing party being founded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana has voted not to have a single leader.At the party’s founding conference in Liverpool, voters opted to be led by a panel of members – avoiding a potentially explosive leadership race between Sultana and Corbyn. The party also overwhelmingly backed plans to allow members to remain in other left-wing groups, only days after several members were expelled for belonging to the Socialist Workers Party.It is due to announce its name on Sunday evening, ending months of speculation.Corbyn will close the conference by announcing the result of a ballot that saw members choosing between Your Party, Our Party, Popular Alliance and For The Many. A party spokesperson said the new leadership model “shows that we really are doing politics differently: from the bottom-up, not the top-down”.”In Westminster we have a professional political class increasingly disconnected from ordinary people, serving corporations and billionaires instead of the communities they are supposed to represent,” the spokesperson added.”With a truly member-led party, we will offer something different: democratic, grassroots, accountable.”Under the model, the party will be led by a Central Executive Committee (CEC) made up of 16-non politicians chosen by members, rather than a single leader.The decision, approved by only 51% of members, headed off a leadership race that many had expected between Corbyn and Sultana.A contest between its two most well-known figures could have re-opened many of the splits that have overshadowed the founding of the fledgling party.Since launching the party in a surprise announcement in July, Sultana has repeatedly clashed with party officials.And less than a month out from its founding conference, MPs Adnan Hussain and Iqbal Mohamed left the group overseeing the project, …
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[mwai_chat context=”Let’s have a discussion about this article:nnThe new left-wing party being founded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana has voted not to have a single leader.At the party’s founding conference in Liverpool, voters opted to be led by a panel of members – avoiding a potentially explosive leadership race between Sultana and Corbyn. The party also overwhelmingly backed plans to allow members to remain in other left-wing groups, only days after several members were expelled for belonging to the Socialist Workers Party.It is due to announce its name on Sunday evening, ending months of speculation.Corbyn will close the conference by announcing the result of a ballot that saw members choosing between Your Party, Our Party, Popular Alliance and For The Many. A party spokesperson said the new leadership model “shows that we really are doing politics differently: from the bottom-up, not the top-down”.”In Westminster we have a professional political class increasingly disconnected from ordinary people, serving corporations and billionaires instead of the communities they are supposed to represent,” the spokesperson added.”With a truly member-led party, we will offer something different: democratic, grassroots, accountable.”Under the model, the party will be led by a Central Executive Committee (CEC) made up of 16-non politicians chosen by members, rather than a single leader.The decision, approved by only 51% of members, headed off a leadership race that many had expected between Corbyn and Sultana.A contest between its two most well-known figures could have re-opened many of the splits that have overshadowed the founding of the fledgling party.Since launching the party in a surprise announcement in July, Sultana has repeatedly clashed with party officials.And less than a month out from its founding conference, MPs Adnan Hussain and Iqbal Mohamed left the group overseeing the project, …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]
