The launch of Your Party, a new leftwing offering for British voters, was meant to embody a different kind of politics. It was to be collective and collaborative – a political movement built from the grassroots up.
At a time when trust in politicians is low and cynicism high, the idea of a new movement on the left captured imagination. Almost immediately after it was announced, 80,000 people expressed their interest in joining.
Yet the collective has, from the start, been beset with problems. Former Labour MP Zarah Sultana announced the party’s launch apparently before Jeremy Corbyn, her partner in the endeavour, was ready. A debacle over who was holding on to some £800,000 in donations led to a very public spat between the two even before the party could get on its feet.
