Jeremy Corbyn's Your Party suffers huge blow as Scottish leaders resign en masse and plan to form rival group

Oliver Partridge
Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:14:49 +0000

Jeremy Corbyn's Your Party has suffered a dramatic collapse north of the border after every member of its Scottish leadership walked out en masse.

The entire 12-person interim Scottish executive committee tendered their resignations this morning, declaring the Scottish wing of the political movement effectively finished.

In announcing their departure, the group levelled serious accusations at the party's UK headquarters, claiming they had been systematically denied the autonomy needed to operate effectively in Scotland.

The departing officials described the situation as a "generational fumble" by the national leadership, alleging that attempts to build an independent Scottish operation had been consistently thwarted by those running the party from London.

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Among the most damaging allegations was that the UK leadership had actively prevented Scottish activists from standing candidates in the forthcoming Holyrood election.

The resigning committee members also accused party headquarters of refusing to share essential resources, including membership contact lists and financial support – effectively crippling their ability to organise.

The crisis reached its peak during Sunday's meeting of the UK-wide central executive committee, where Scotland's sole representative, Niall Christie, claimed he had been "blocked at every turn".

Mr Christie was prevented from tabling proposals that would have granted the Scottish branch access to its own membership database.

His motion seeking to affirm Scottish operational independence was also defeated.

The ruling body voted to prohibit dual membership, a contentious issue that had divided supporters of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana since the party's founding conference in 2025.

In their joint statement, the outgoing Scottish leadership declared: "No serious attempt to unite the left can be done through purges of socialists or by disregarding entire nations and their representatives."

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They warned that these events represented "fatal blows to the Your Party project from which it cannot recover".

The departing officials were unsparing in their assessment, stating they had been "completely blocked" when attempting to fulfil the mandate given to them by Scottish members.

They accused the UK leadership of demonstrating "a willingness to sideline an entire nation" through its refusal to engage with Scottish concerns.

The committee said their collective decision to step down came only "after careful thought and consideration," having exhausted all avenues for resolution within the existing party structure.

Despite the collapse, the resigning members insisted their commitment to left-wing politics in Scotland remained undimmed.

"Despite this generational fumble of the left in Britain, the need for a new party on the left in Scotland couldn't be more urgent," they stated, confirming their intention to press ahead with building an alternative movement.

Mr Christie said the party had "run out of road", attributing this largely to "the consistent disrespect shown to Scotland and Scottish members, with decisions about us being made without our input".

He pledged to continue working towards the political project originally promised when Your Party launched last summer, but outside its structures.

"My own main takeaway having been involved in Your Party is that whatever comes next must be built in Scotland, by Scotland, for Scotland," Mr Christie said. "Anything else is doomed to fail".

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