US EditionYour Party co-founder Zarah Sultana refuses to enter group's conference hall
Zarah Sultana boycotts conference opening to protest expulsions of left-wing members, calling it an indefensible witch hunt amid ongoing party governance disputes.
- On November 29, 2025 Zarah Sultana, MP for Coventry South and co‑founder of Your Party, refused to enter the party's main conference centre in Liverpool on Saturday, calling expulsions a "witch hunt".
- Members were expelled on Friday after alleged Socialist Workers Party membership, linked to Your Party rules prohibiting dual membership, sparking a row before the conference.
- A spokeswoman for Zarah Sultana said: `Zarah met members outside the conference and condemned the recent expulsions. This witch hunt is indefensible. We must build a party that welcomes all socialists. She will not be entering the conference hall today` and will not return until tomorrow.
- It is believed one of her supporters, Kingston councillor James Giles, was denied entry to the conference centre, and the pair appeared at separate events on the eve of the gathering.
- With leadership tensions evident, Sultana's refusal to enter the conference hall comes amid a feud over party funds and clashes with Jeremy Corbyn, who acknowledged `stresses and strains` but said recent days had improved.
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Sultana boycotts YP conference day 1 over SWP expulsions
Coventry South MP Zarah Sultana has left ‘Your Party’s founding conference in Liverpool almost as soon as she arrived, boycotting the first day of the conference after the party machine decided yesterday to exclude Socialist Workers Party (SWP) members from membership of the new party. Sultana said that the move to expel people from the conference was ‘disappointing’ and reminiscent of the witch-hunts conducted by the Labour right under Keir Sta…
Zarah Sultana Boycotts Your Party Conference Over Member Expulsions
Your Party’s founding conference began in Liverpool today, with Jeremy Corbyn calling for unity among warring factions in the party – shortly before co-founder Zarah Sultana announced she would be boycotting all of the day’s events. Sultana’s refusal to set foot inside the conference hall was to protest a wave of last minute expulsions, with Socialist Workers party national secretary Lewis Nielsen claiming that he and several other members had …
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