I agree. We have many self-appointed leaders but not enough people willing to do the work. Every time there’s any hint of the latter, the party’s prospects seem so much healthier.
Well stated. The American Founding Fathers tended to dislike the concept of parties. Political theory says parties are needed to shape broad discussion into more focused policy but I think they remain clubs which subsist off the energy of members, which they take for granted.
Enjoyed reading this article; frustrated to read the conclusion. Discussing local elections and not Welsh or Scottish elections, where Labour are expected to tank, effectively saying these are inconsequential when they will result in the formation of national governments, is misguided. Labour are set to lose the Welsh government for the first time in 25 years, and lose an election in Wales for the first time in 100 years. Wales are moving to a totally proportional voting system, where, if your party had any sense - they would target and make gains in the Welsh Valleys. Instead they’re ignoring wales and leaving us to reform.
The left can’t win in Westminster on English seats alone, because England - as identified in the article - will vote reform or conservative consistently across the rural middle-upper class areas. We would do well if English political commentators recognised the risk of abandoning the working class communities in Wales and Scotland.
From your opening statement, the movement that survived was the one that was seemingly united in the first place, unless I'm misunderstanding.
I wanted to support Your Party as I had long held the belief that the crop of left-wing parties had too much historical baggage and a new entity with a clean slate was needed. That clean slate was very quickly muddied.
The lethargy around the founding conference has meant they are already behind other parties in Scotland. The others have been knocking doors for months now and have begun pushing their candidates on social media ahead of the Scottish parliament elections in May. If the M25 brigade don't get it together soon they are dead in Scotland.
"Your Party" is definitely not my party. Like squabbling children, stroppy teenager at the Centre! More seriously, if they can't organise themselves there's not much hope of them organising anyone or anything else.
A movement is important to putting a leadership cadre into power, but while Your Party has the making of a movement, it lacks a leadership cadre.
I agree. We have many self-appointed leaders but not enough people willing to do the work. Every time there’s any hint of the latter, the party’s prospects seem so much healthier.
Well stated. The American Founding Fathers tended to dislike the concept of parties. Political theory says parties are needed to shape broad discussion into more focused policy but I think they remain clubs which subsist off the energy of members, which they take for granted.
Enjoyed reading this article; frustrated to read the conclusion. Discussing local elections and not Welsh or Scottish elections, where Labour are expected to tank, effectively saying these are inconsequential when they will result in the formation of national governments, is misguided. Labour are set to lose the Welsh government for the first time in 25 years, and lose an election in Wales for the first time in 100 years. Wales are moving to a totally proportional voting system, where, if your party had any sense - they would target and make gains in the Welsh Valleys. Instead they’re ignoring wales and leaving us to reform.
The left can’t win in Westminster on English seats alone, because England - as identified in the article - will vote reform or conservative consistently across the rural middle-upper class areas. We would do well if English political commentators recognised the risk of abandoning the working class communities in Wales and Scotland.
From your opening statement, the movement that survived was the one that was seemingly united in the first place, unless I'm misunderstanding.
I wanted to support Your Party as I had long held the belief that the crop of left-wing parties had too much historical baggage and a new entity with a clean slate was needed. That clean slate was very quickly muddied.
The lethargy around the founding conference has meant they are already behind other parties in Scotland. The others have been knocking doors for months now and have begun pushing their candidates on social media ahead of the Scottish parliament elections in May. If the M25 brigade don't get it together soon they are dead in Scotland.
"Your Party" is definitely not my party. Like squabbling children, stroppy teenager at the Centre! More seriously, if they can't organise themselves there's not much hope of them organising anyone or anything else.