{"id":158205,"date":"2025-09-24T20:53:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/158205\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T20:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:53:07","slug":"sorry-for-the-confusion-jeremy-corbyn-says-membership-is-open-for-new-party-jeremy-corbyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/158205\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sorry for the confusion\u2019: Jeremy Corbyn says membership is open for new party | Jeremy Corbyn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeremy Corbyn has apologised to his leftwing party\u2019s supporters for a week of turmoil and division, in a video that failed to mention its co-founder Zarah Sultana<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The former Labour leader said membership was now officially open and that the new party would have its founding conference in Liverpool at the end of November.<\/p>\n

Announcing the conference in a video for supporters, Corbyn said he was \u201csorry for the confusion in getting to this point\u201d \u2013 a reference to the tensions over a membership portal<\/a> launched by Sultana, which Corbyn then disavowed.<\/p>\n

Threats have been exchanged between the two factions, including reporting Sultana to the information commissioner. Sultana accused the group of independent MPs of running a \u201csexist boys club\u201d and said she would take legal action<\/a> for defamation \u2013 which she later said she would drop<\/a> and attempt to repair relations.<\/p>\n

In an email to the 750,000 people who expressed an interest in supporting the new organisation when it launched in the summer, Your party said: \u201cToday, we\u2019re delighted to announce the next steps in this process, starting with the opening of our official membership portal.\u201d<\/p>\n

It said the conference would encompass \u201ca total of 13,000 members\u201d and they would \u201cdebate and amend the party\u2019s founding documents in person across two days\u201d. Attenders would be chosen by lottery, it said, \u201censuring a fair balance of gender, region and background\u201d, and a final decision would be taken by a digital vote involving all members.<\/p>\n

Corbyn did not mention Sultana in the video but twice expressed regret for the row, which threatened to blow up the party.<\/p>\n

The video does feature two fleeting glimpses of Corbyn\u2019s co-founder, including one from behind as she speaks on a panel and one shot of her holding a banner with other MPs.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWe\u2019ve had some fraught days in the last week, as you will no doubt be very aware. And to be honest, we haven\u2019t covered ourselves in glory. But what is most important is this: We all agree about the plans for the conference and the road map to get to it.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce the party is established at the conference, the role that I and other Independent Alliance MPs have been playing to get it off the ground will end.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur role is not to run the party, not to control it, not to direct it. It is merely to steward the founding of the party that will belong to the grassroots, to the members, who will make the key decisions and elect a leadership through one member, one vote.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Wednesday evening, Sultana posted on X: \u201cI\u2019m a member of Your Party \u2013 and if you haven\u2019t joined yet, you should too. I\u2019ll remain a fierce advocate for the grassroots \u2013 and will continue to fight hard for maximum member democracy.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor those who joined the previous system: data and membership will be migrated across in due course. We have a world to win. Let\u2019s get to work!\u201d<\/p>\n

On Wednesday Sky News reported that Corbyn had yet to secure the ACC Liverpool to host the conference despite announcing it as the venue. The venue will host the Labour party conference this week.<\/p>\n

An ACC spokesperson told Sky: \u201cAll event enquiries are handled in strict confidence between our team and prospective clients, therefore we are unable to provide any further comment on this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeremy Corbyn has apologised to his leftwing party\u2019s supporters for a week of turmoil and division, in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-158205","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}