Your Party 'over' in Scotland following mass resignations

The 12-strong Interim Scottish Executive Committee (ISEC), which was made up of volunteers, accused the UK leadership of a “dismissive attitude” towards Scotland.

Niall Christie, the sole Scotland rep on Your Party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC), has also resigned with immediate effect. It comes just two months after Your Party Scotland’s founding conference took place in Dundee.

Last month, it emerged the party - which was founded by Mr Corbyn and former Labour MP Zarah Sultana last year - would not contest the Holyrood election on May 7.

In a statement, the ISEC said: “As a result of this consistent denial of autonomy for Scotland, and a willingness by the UK leadership to sideline an entire nation by withholding funding and mailing lists and refusing to engage, we have, after careful thought and consideration, taken the collective decision to resign our positions on ISEC, having found ourselves completely blocked when we attempted to carry out the clear mandate set for us by members from across Scotland.”

It added: “Despite this generational fumble of the left in Britain, the need for a new party on the left in Scotland couldn’t be more urgent, and it is our clear intention to continue working towards this.”

Mr Christie, a former candidate for the Scottish Greens, said: “It has become clear the party has run out of road.

“This is in no small part down to the consistent disrespect shown to Scotland and Scottish members, with decisions about us being made without our input, and on our behalf.

“I’ll be continuing the essential work needed to build the party we were all promised in summer 2025, but I will be doing so outside of Your Party.

“With an election on the horizon, it is time to take stock of the political landscape in Scotland and work to bring the left in Scotland together - truly - and move towards something new in the not-too-distant future.

“My own main takeaway having been involved in Your Party is that whatever comes next must be built in Scotland, by Scotland, for Scotland. Anything else is doomed to fail.”