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(DIR) Post #AyX0T4yiuova3gEe4O by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-07-17T09:04:48Z
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The new party The Left by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, despite not even having an official name yet, is currently polling at 15%, and hence even with Labour.This is an incredible feat and I wish best of luck to the party and its success!
(DIR) Post #AyX0TCNnO08t1T1Gca by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-07-24T19:46:11Z
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In just 5 hours over 80,000 people signed up to receive updates and be contacted for possible membership from Jeremy Corbyn's and Zarah Sultana's new political party at https://www.yourparty.uk/
(DIR) Post #AyX0TKIlwYsTaCjMu0 by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-07-24T19:57:45Z
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Due to my involvement in EU politics I informed myself a lot regarding the Party of the European Left (a European party consisting of many national left parties of many EU and non-EU states), which still has British members and observer members!From the UK they have:Transform Party (observer member)Democratic Left Scotland (EL Partner)Socialists for Independence [Scotland] (EL Partner)However, the only full member is “Left Unity”. A party that was kind of relevant 2013 when Ken Loach (yes, that one) founded it as a party to replace Labor. In 2014, the party had 2,000 members and 70 branches across Britain, nowadays it seems to be just a glorified blog, promoting Jeremy Corbyn's new party.https://leftunity.org/If anyone has any further information on this party or its plans (possibly merging or being the foundation for Corbyn's party?), or is personally affiliated with it, let me know! I find this very interesting and lots of common info just doesn't make its way over here to Germany.
(DIR) Post #AyX0TS6IwnerlqxWa0 by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-07-25T08:54:17Z
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In less than a day over 200,000 people signed up for Jeremy Corbyn's and Zarah Sultana's new political party. This may once and for all be the Labor killer.
(DIR) Post #AyX0TZoAI7txfuX9Ps by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-07-29T11:46:34Z
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Without a name, platform, or organizational structure, the UK's new socialist party breaks half a million members in 3 days.
(DIR) Post #AyX0ThX5ZUzndGbcuW by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-07-29T11:52:36Z
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Corbyn also announced an all member congress this autumn to formally found the party and its ideals.Currently the new socialist party has surpassed Labour in Keir Starmer's district Holborn and St. Pancras, according to a new polling.
(DIR) Post #AyX0Tows02mGdFioZE by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-09-21T08:47:22Z
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a tale as old as time
(DIR) Post #AyX0Tw9tC2LozeroKe by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-09-21T08:52:06Z
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I will support whatever left party comes out of this. I understand the struggles, I understand the divide. It's not something leftist movements in particular deal with, it's something any movement would struggle with once they even have an ideology instead of a power fantasy. I see the current issues between Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn as a sign of an authentic party instead of a money or power grab. I urge you to stay rational, inform yourself, and continue supporting them until they disobey their ideals. As a member of the German left, I can tell you that it's never easy supporting a left party, this is simply the first hurdle.
(DIR) Post #AyX0U38jEka8e5NTzk by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-09-24T12:38:39Z
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An official membership portal has opened to join Your Party in the UK! :solidarity: https://in.yourparty.uk/en/users/sign_upWith an internal member system, public profiles, an event list that you can even add to, as well as lots of more info, I'm quite surprised at how professional this is for a starting party. I'd be lying if I was saying Die Linke in Germany wouldn't be envious of this... I wish best of success to the party of Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn! 🕊️
(DIR) Post #B0k3362lQ5lmEihj8q by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-09-24T18:30:12Z
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YOUR PARTY IS BACK 🇬🇧 :solidarity: 🚩Internal struggles seem to have been resolved – Zarah Sultana and the rest of the interim leadership of Your Party are now working together again. All of the people who signed up last week are as valid members as those who will sign up now. No split, no two parties, no more confusion.The, among other, union backed movement “Our Party” is still welcomed and their councils and open letter is taken seriously.This is the best result to have come out of this debacle.
(DIR) Post #B0k337NiRg7iNzVyRE by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-09-24T19:40:50Z
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i am not answering this DM
(DIR) Post #B0k338DTLFWWyVjJ6u by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-10-17T05:11:42Z
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Jeremy Corbyn remains the most favorite UK prime minister and favorite leftist (or non-right wing) politician. The left should unite behind YourParty 🚩
(DIR) Post #B0k338u0n5YF6RdHPs by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-03T21:27:14Z
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Your Party announced 50,000 members! Impressive for a movement that didn't exist a short time ago and that will have its founding congress by the end of this month.
(DIR) Post #B0k339d25hZ1M4hEae by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-23T10:33:07Z
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I'm joining the founding congress of Your Party, as I'll be in London from the 26th of November to the 3rd of December and inbetween in Liverpool, of course. I'll also be attending Sultana's Eve of Conference Rally with friends of mine going to Corbyn's. If anyone reading this will be there, let me know! 🕊️🚩
(DIR) Post #B0k33AUYsgNk25jz1c by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-23T11:02:37Z
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The Greenspamming social media campaign truly is something that needs to be studied: The fact the greens in the United Kingdom existed for 35 years with little to no successful campaign beyond a few elected officials, and now just realized that they can scavenge off members from a bigger, more leftist movement than they have built, is making me question how socialist their principles are, and what solidarity means to them. Everywhere where they are seated in parliament they agree to budget cuts, they have no clear anti-imperialist position, they mainly have a leader that now calls himself socialist, which wasn't the case a year ago. They showed solidarity for the Palestinian people when it was socially acceptable to do so. On the other side, people like Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana existed, who fought for that position to become acceptable and lost their public image over it. To get most of your members through a defamation campaign against a struggling new socialist party, and to now call for solidarity, “joining forces”, or forming a coalition because everything else would be “splitting the vote” , exposes how shallow and instrumentalizing this campaign by the greens is.No singular member or representative of Your Party is better off joining the greens, they will be used as a marketing gimmick but never allowed into any positions. Zack Polanski is with his positions much more at odds with the UK Green Party and would be much better off at Your Party 🚩
(DIR) Post #B0k33BeWZ7wfdHPSC0 by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-24T16:14:35Z
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I'm going to the Your Party Founding Conference from the 29th to the 30th of November in 2025 with @maia and other delegates. With over 50,000 members, Your Party is the largest parliamentary organization in the United Kingdom that truly represents the working class, as it isn't just planning on managing a broken system or fighting against symptoms, but dares to point out and criticize the root of our problems: the capitalist world and its electoral system.I am infinitely thankful for Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, as well as all other local community organizers and members, for starting something that will go down in the UK's history and shake the foundation of our money-driven system. We say: PEOPLE OVER PROFIT!As a member of the German left (Die Linke), I know how rough it can be existing as a democratic socialist within a world subject to the contradictions of capital. However, we must never steer away from our goal, and on our path there, never forget one thing: we organize hope. That's what socialists do. It's the one resource more scarce than crude oil or good prime ministers. Hope. A finite belief that a better world is possible. I believe there can be no crime greater in the age of neoliberalism than for the ruling class to have robbed us of hope. Nobody has opinions anymore, they state their analysis of the world as fact and their political actions as the only possible consequence. They pretend our solutions are utopian and by doing so smother any social justice movement before it could even start. When in reality another world is possible, otherwise their propaganda would be unnecessary. The war over hegemony, authority, and your future has been outsourced into the one space capitalism has yet to occupy: your mind.Having hope, despite everything, must be the most revolutionary act there is.Trotz(t) alledem! 🕊️🚩
(DIR) Post #B0k33CdUuQiagNw9EO by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-26T11:20:20Z
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On the airplane now, see you in Liverpool! 🛩️
(DIR) Post #B0k33DWnaoxDRtoJQe by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-26T16:40:51Z
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Reading through the first draft of the Your Party constitution as well as other founding documents with other delegates @maia. We are discussing what motions to vote for!
(DIR) Post #B0k33E1zipuL0ePE3M by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-27T10:20:23Z
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After reading the documents, I'm even more convinced of Your Party. Finally, I have collected them all.
(DIR) Post #B0k33EqggMSPXs7i4G by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-27T22:07:26Z
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Your Party won't establish itself in Northern Ireland, as a point of principle, because it supports Irish reunification.
(DIR) Post #B0k33FefgWRK2tVcye by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-28T11:11:09Z
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Oh yeah, we're ready #YourParty
(DIR) Post #B0k33GMd35bMFE4jUe by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-28T20:04:30Z
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At the Eve of Conference Rally with Zarah Sultana. There's tons of info material, I'm handed a paper, a political statement, or motion every five minutes by some different interest group. People have been preparing for this well and I'm full of hope!
(DIR) Post #B0k33HC1xyiaoe7mc4 by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-28T20:19:55Z
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The energy in the room is incredible #YourParty
(DIR) Post #B0k33I5KeMxDa9zwoK by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-28T20:28:47Z
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You can watch the Eve of Conference Rally live here:https://www.youtube.com/live/GafgqNbZTgE 🚩What a hopeful start for #YourParty
(DIR) Post #B0k33ItJeWw85BNrii by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-28T20:34:00Z
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The first speaker of the rally was a representative of the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union. He spoke of unity and called for Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn to work together. #YourParty
(DIR) Post #B0k33JfsjxmiVo6eQ4 by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-28T20:41:06Z
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The second speaker, Audrey White, is a local to Liverpool. She's a representative of the Merseyside Pensioners Association, a radical activist group using civil disobedience to protest against genocide, war, and militarization. She spoke of the importance of supporting Palestine Action, opposing genocide, and especially organizing outside of the parliament in movements. “I'm thankful to whoever invited me, because I'm a terrorist.” “Labour has always betrayed the working class.”“We win more from activism, than we'll ever win from parliament.”She's from the platform for a Democratic Party which is an internal group trying to push Your Party into their direction, of which there are many already. #YourParty
(DIR) Post #B0k33KN89ANafwLBpY by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-28T20:55:27Z
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The current (4th) speaker from the Democratic Socialists is criticizing the fact that some motions have been dismissed before the Founding Conference. He's speaking in favor of a collective leadership. #YourParty
(DIR) Post #B0k33L6rP8xWxlji6q by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-28T21:05:13Z
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The fifth speaker is a subway driver from London and a union thereof. She's speaking of the migrant and refugee experience in the United Kingdom. “Men, I see your pain too. Your dignity isn't stolen by women or LGBTQ+ people.”“The commonwealth isn't commonwealth. It's common-theft.”She's calling for solidarity with Jamaica and Cuba.“If the government can fund war, it can fund welfare.”
(DIR) Post #B0k33LmKuw8V2P8pl2 by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-28T21:09:57Z
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A short statement by Jeremy Corbyn was read with a lot of positive resonance #YourParty
(DIR) Post #B0k33MNufEC4uwiqKO by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-28T21:10:25Z
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The current speaker is an ex-representative of the Green Party who defected to Your Party 🚩Among many things, he spoke of the importance of allowing dual-members in the party #YourParty
(DIR) Post #B0k33N8LsZLBEyRviC by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-28T21:19:01Z
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The current speaker used to be member on the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party and has also now defected to #YourParty 🚩
(DIR) Post #B0k33Ny6m8jzpUfGNs by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-28T21:30:22Z
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The current speaker is Lewis Nielsen who has been expelled from #YourParty today due to being a dual member (in his case he's the national secretary) of the Socialist Worker Party.He's not talking about that for a long time, however, as the issue of allowing dual membership will be voted on this Founding Conference.He's especially criticizing intransparent leadership and speaking in support of trans rights.
(DIR) Post #B0k33OrPSWycb0XQa8 by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-28T21:39:07Z
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The last speaker before Zarah Sultana herself is a member of a Palestinian Youth Organization in the United Kingdom. #YourPartyThe left must fight zionism as it fights fascism, for they are one and the same.After he finished his speech, the entire room begins shouting “Free Free Palestine”.
(DIR) Post #B0k33PuHZKrvqCtEhM by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-28T21:48:08Z
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It's time – Zarah Sultana delivers an incredible speech showcasing the importance of this historic conference.“The left is back!”“The real enemy of the working class travels by private jets, not migrant boats.”“I'm a proud antizionist. [...] We will ensure of a single democratic state from the river to the sea.”“The reason we care for the starvation of the Palestinian people is because it exposes how our ruling class would treat us if they could get away with it.”“We should abolish the monarchy.”“When Farage says 'Kick an immigrant', Starmer asks 'how hard?'”“Refugees are welcome here and trans rights are human rights.”“What I've seen from picket lines to Palestine...”“You may have noticed there have been some hiccups, some of which caused by me. For this, I apologize. [...] I will never forgive myself for damaging the party that we so desperately need.”“I want the working class to control this party as they should some day control the world.”The room went completely wild after her speech was over, with clapping for minutes.
(DIR) Post #B0k33Z23dnR68vb4ZE by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-28T22:05:57Z
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The BBC is allowed to ask the first question, the entire room boos #YourParty
(DIR) Post #B0k33hL8kjSBuQaQQC by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-28T22:07:27Z
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The second question is asked by SkyNews, the room laughs #YourParty
(DIR) Post #B0k33pK14nJAfG7dmS by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-28T22:08:09Z
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The third question is asked by Steven from Novara Media, the room claps. He appears to know Zarah on a first name basis. #YourParty
(DIR) Post #B0k33yEJxL6GICWieW by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-28T22:10:35Z
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The fourth question is asked by someone from OpenDemocracy. The room stays silent. #YourParty
(DIR) Post #B0k346AiQcyAvKtx8y by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-28T22:12:22Z
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The last question is asked by “Ruby” from the Telegraph. The room goes absolutely mad, some other journalists yell “shut up, be nice!” Someone yells “tory shite”. It appears as if the Torygraph isn't well liked here #YourParty
(DIR) Post #B0k34E6kvEYVXN6u5A by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-29T10:41:07Z
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The first day of the Your Party Founding Conference is starting strong. I was an hour early and struggled finding a seat. We are over 4000 people and the energy in the room is something I've never experienced in my years in politics. What's starting here is unseen for in Germany, Cuba, or the United States. What's launching in the United Kingdom today is a new age of politics and everyone can feel it. #YourParty
(DIR) Post #B0k34MNiA4s7CH6Yca by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-29T10:44:02Z
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He's here #YourParty
(DIR) Post #B0k34VdziuFDvNnBke by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-29T14:16:41Z
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Wonderful first half of the first day. I am even more convinced of the success of #YourParty now! 🚩THANK YOU @maia 💕
(DIR) Post #B0k34e8m8LcUHAFsq8 by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-29T14:46:14Z
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Big news: The Central Executive Committee will no longer have special seats reserved for MPs but entirely consist of ordinary members! #YourParty
(DIR) Post #B0k34mNFWPx1oN5YVk by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-29T14:47:48Z
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Dual membership with the greens will be possible.
(DIR) Post #B0lkyiVbZPCVE9sOW0 by danielquinn@mastodon.social
2025-07-17T16:03:47Z
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@ErikUden I'd be really interested to know why this hasn't just been done as a "Green Left" partnership rather than a competing party. Are their positions so different that they can't play well together?
(DIR) Post #B0lkyjaxWz4sb3OBV2 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-11-30T11:10:11Z
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@danielquinn> I'd be really interested to know why this hasn't just been done as a "Green Left" partnership rather than a competing party. Are their positions so different that they can't play well together?You can't fit a toothpick between the differences in policy, so I suspect it's more about personalities and campaign strategy. Maybe a perception among the Old Left that Greens are middle class, or at least most of the working class see them that way and won't vote for them?@ErikUden
(DIR) Post #B0ll81Z65Xpyw4wpZA by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-29T23:13:39Z
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Now, while I see that the media is using statements by Corbyn and Zultana to claim the conference itself was a disaster, I must very much disagree. In a conference of 4000 people, only one person needed to be removed for heckling, which was also the only incident. While people had differing opinions and sometimes strongly expressed them, they were still very kind to one another afterwards.I get that it's not a good sign when big figures like the two party's founders are indirectly carrying out a public fight, however, most of the people I spoke to don't care. They have clear opinions on certain motions which sometimes very much align with either Corbyn or Zultana, but I've not met a singular member that would call themselves to be on either side. Ideologically, sure, but not as in wanting to stick with one and being to exclude the other. I also don't think that either Zarah Sultana or Jeremy Corbyn really have a disdain for one another.The energy is full of excitement, but that always leaves room for heat. Heated debates. Heated statements. Many actions in the heat of the moment. While a harmonious conference would appear nicer on television, with the importance of this historic event, at a global turning point like this, I can only understand why things sometimes go south. #YourParty
(DIR) Post #B0ll82zMnMRdLqFK9Q by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-29T23:27:14Z
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Will the infighting stop? Probably not. Is Your Party over? Absolutely not. It's just begun and will become bigger than ever.
(DIR) Post #B0ll841WwnlmYqGZA8 by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-30T09:04:17Z
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I've met Jeremy Corbyn yesterday but all the photos are rubbish so I won't be sharing them
(DIR) Post #B0ll858enn441EbluS by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-30T10:34:53Z
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I'm going to be speaking in less than 15 minutes! Feel free to listen to my speech here:https://www.youtube.com/live/tb_iQQVTDiE 🚩
(DIR) Post #B0ll85hOicqzkyrW3k by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-30T10:40:11Z
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Or maybe it's a bit later — not quite sure about the schedule. Technically at 10:40 the speech of an MP was supposed to start and my speech comes right after. Stay tight, it's all very exciting.
(DIR) Post #B0ll86XrZYoyNhPPpw by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-30T10:46:11Z
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This is my POV of the man himself speaking after the results of all the elections on the motions were read.
(DIR) Post #B0ll87Te6j2fGuRYu0 by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-30T10:48:08Z
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I'm up after the speaker Jeremy Corbyn is currently announcing, so give it 15 minutes. What an honor.
(DIR) Post #B0ll88RYVyxqGiTPHc by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-11-30T11:12:20Z
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@ErikUden > I'm up after the speaker Jeremy Corbyn is currently announcingThat's awesome! Thanks for live-posting the conference. I hope your posts about this party's emergence are being archived somewhere, as you could be recording history in the making.
(DIR) Post #B0llw3cCjxTdm0G74i by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-11-30T11:21:31Z
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@ErikUden > The Central Executive Committee will no longer have special seats reserved for MPsThis is critical. How the does anyone arguing for MPs to have special status think Labour got hijacked by centre-right liberals FFS?!> Dual membership with the greens will be possibleGreat strategy. This will allow people to join the party they feel most aligned with, even if those other one has the most effective ground game where they live.
(DIR) Post #B0lmEs4XsexpTYUD8C by Tattooed_Mummy@beige.party
2025-11-30T07:23:11Z
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@ErikUden its the poor start and the in fighting that made me look at the Greens. And they said all of this before Zarah did. I'm now a green party member
(DIR) Post #B0lmEtGdRCEFBL9Nc8 by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-30T07:26:20Z
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@Tattooed_Mummy it's okay, but I believe sooner than later the Greens won't stand for their ideals (like they did in every other European country, just look at Germany) and I hope that Your Party, or the Popular Alliance or whatever it will be called, will be organized and ready to such a degree by then that people like you who, for very valid reasons, can no longer support this party, can put your trust back into it.
(DIR) Post #B0lmEtuL3ZzJATj5V2 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-11-30T11:24:51Z
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@ErikUden> I believe sooner than later the Greens won't stand for their ideals (like they did in every other European country, just look at Germany)What happened with the German Greens is a outlier, but it seems to have heavily coloured your perception of Green parties generally. The opposite could be true for me. Since the Greens in Aotearoa are pretty much the only electoral party that has stayed true to their principles for decades, despite the electoral costs at times.@Tattooed_Mummy
(DIR) Post #B0lmNlp2UIY6hJTcbA by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-11-30T11:26:31Z
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@frantictdrinker> I see political party membership as a binary choiceWhy? What if you agree with one party on some policies, and with a different party on others, and the two parties are mostly in alignment anyway?@ErikUden
(DIR) Post #B0lmcAvzuxiidUbHvM by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-30T10:04:09Z
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@frantictdrinker That I whole heartedly agree with. I honestly have to admit that I can see both sides. On the one side a new party should merge with other left forces, on the other side, allowing dual membership makes it easier for outside forces to take influence on the party. One way or the other I personally believe that it was a mistake, simply for publicity's sake, to expel some members of the SWP on the day of or the day before the conference.Still, with Die Linke it works that way as well: dual membership is allowed in extremely limited cases, only parties that don't run against Die Linke in any election. So, personally, I would also see myself on the more stricter side.
(DIR) Post #B0lmcCQWMxjLGRtB8i by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-11-30T11:29:06Z
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@ErikUden> allowing dual membership makes it easier for outside forces to take influence on the partyIn theory, maybe. Any examples of it actually happening in practice? Surely there are better rules that can be used to eject people working as fifth columnists within the party, most of whom won't out themselves by being formal members of opposing parties.@frantictdrinker
(DIR) Post #B0lmthCtBOVveMr71k by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-11-30T11:32:16Z
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@johannes_lehmann > the a first-past-the-post system isn’t very forgiving of parties without broad appealRealistically, without getting rid of FPP you're always going to be turkeys voting for varying forms of an early Christmas. The Greens, Your Party, and any other third party need to make electoral reform a central plank of their policy platform, and form a nonpartisan campaign to make it happen.@ErikUden
(DIR) Post #B0lnqMPk8Iq0FRqEVM by danielquinn@mastodon.social
2025-11-30T11:42:51Z
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@strypey @ErikUden well if we want the same things, we should learn to play together. Given the current state of "Your Party" (and Labour really), vs. with the ascendance of Reform, I don't understand why they don't just fold up and back the Greens.
(DIR) Post #B0lvAxhJvGvpLrpkSe by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-11-30T13:05:03Z
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@danielquinn> I don't understand why they don't just fold up and back the GreensJust because it makes sense in theory, that doesn't mean it'll work in practice, and sometimes that's obvious to the people involved in ways that are almost impossible to see from the outside. The only way to get a definitive answer on that is to ask them, I guess.@ErikUden
(DIR) Post #B1CPUM0DpZt6y7nOwi by jmaris@eupolicy.social
2025-07-17T09:17:51Z
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@ErikUden Reform are going to obliterate all traditional parties in the next election, and Corbyn's party will do an excellent job of splitting the vote and ensuring reform's success.The only way out now is proportional representation.
(DIR) Post #B1CPUNYI4OjXm4k7ge by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-07-17T09:21:13Z
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@jmaris If Labour is unwilling to change, there's nothing else you can do but form a different party. The electoral system itself is the problem, not Corbyn and the correct values.Who knows what role Reform will play by the next election, polls change a lot.
(DIR) Post #B1Ier0wIyR6eZ0zDw8 by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-30T12:05:57Z
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Giving the speech was the most intense thing I had done for long. Jeremy Corbyn came to me afterwards and we had, relatively for such a busy conference, a long talk of 15 minutes.He said he was impressed by my speech and wishes to support me in case I get any stress for it in Germany.
(DIR) Post #B1Ier2SFLAFbGMwFMW by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-30T13:43:57Z
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“I've met a Palestinian woman who was a third time refugee. She spoke to me and she said, with tears in her eyes, 'the world has forgotten us'. I reflected, I thought back to all of the marches back at home and I thought: No. We haven't forgotten you, we have failed you.”— Shockat Adam, at the #YourParty Founding Conference
(DIR) Post #B1Ier3ZNC9XsilHS6q by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-30T13:53:48Z
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Zarah Sultana and James Giles have entered the conference and sat down next to me. Unity is here.
(DIR) Post #B1Ier4O49g5xFyzw7k by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-30T14:24:01Z
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Zarah Sultana is speaking at the founding conference! #YourParty
(DIR) Post #B1Ier5QaHnhgU5BSgi by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-30T14:38:26Z
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Zarah delivered the same speech as on the Eve of Conference Rally, but it was a lovely speech anyway.
(DIR) Post #B1Ier6NQl0m7QaiSPY by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-30T15:34:21Z
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I'm with my two autistic friends and we're all annoyed at the fact that some people don't adhere to the agreed upon process at #YourParty. Very funny
(DIR) Post #B1Ier7EbZJJG5VavIG by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-30T15:44:01Z
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Huge praise to the convention chair people who are running this show ❤️
(DIR) Post #B1Ier806ihJ6SporKq by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-30T15:44:37Z
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“Keir Starmer? Kids Starver!”Amazing conference.
(DIR) Post #B1Ier8ongDrB03XLLk by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-30T16:40:44Z
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Your Party will continue to be named Your Party the people decided.
(DIR) Post #B1Ier9YWwCR7Hsvrd2 by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-11-30T23:58:02Z
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“It was nice at your party, Your Party” he said, calmly, to Jeremy Corbyn.
(DIR) Post #B1IerAXrGBUcM5cqDg by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-12-01T09:00:53Z
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Es haben nach meiner Rede viele Menschen hier meine neue Redewendung benutzt „Ladies and Gentlemen and everyone inbetween and outside those social categories”, übersetzt von @janboehm's Anrede.Diese neue Partei mit so viel Hoffnung startet gleich auf dem richtigen Weg, mal schauen ob es sich langfristig etabliert ;)
(DIR) Post #B1IerBJ0QtCsiJgUi0 by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-12-02T01:17:04Z
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The official promotional videos by Your Party using my speech are incredible, have a look:
(DIR) Post #B1IerCGYrSqTh1Y3XM by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-12-11T05:32:37Z
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If your only tool is a hammer, every issue looks like a nail. If you only think of politics through the lense of electoralism, you'll believe such ridiculous things like a need to back the greens because anything else splits the vote. Which historic changes have been achieved in parliament? None. They were enacted by a parliament, but fought for by mass organizing and in protest on the streets. The best long term alternative I see to the Tories, Labour, and even Reform, is grassroots community organizing, which is the goal of Your Party. Emancipating people, showing them how they can fight for themselves, instead of carrying the faulty belief that we need representatives to fight for us.
(DIR) Post #B1IerO1P9dqs9UY7Zw by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-12-12T14:21:07Z
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My speech at the Your Party Founding Conference:https://youtu.be/kTRaJTG2bfsIf it can be summarized in one word: hope! Feel free to give it a watch.
(DIR) Post #B1IerVuFq6sybdGWXo by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-12-13T01:30:26Z
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Some pictures of my speech at the Your Party Founding Conference (taken as screenshots from the YouTube video, sadly). #YourParty
(DIR) Post #B1IerdFQXmytNKE21A by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-12-13T01:51:28Z
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Terrible. I just found a thread where my speech was attributed to some random ass Australian actor named “Guy Pearce”. Why? Because Grok identified me as that guy.There are dozens of comments by the original poster who just keeps linking to Grok's response as proof that I'm not Erik Uden.
(DIR) Post #B1Ierkikl9bAYJ03CS by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-12-16T07:15:09Z
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After needing a guy to correct you several times before you got it right, whilst confidently blurting out nonsense, I at least wouldn't claim to be “the smartest AI advisor”