Exclusive: YP suspends Wimborne-Idrissi — for event she didn’t attend

📺 The Canary 🕐 July 4, 2026 at 8:22 AM

Your Party (YP) has suspended three members of its executive committee — for attending a socialist event. Well-known Jewish left-winger Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, Essex’s Solma Ahmed and the RMT’s Mel Mullins were all suspended for participating in a Socialist Federation conference:

YP got it wrong, but that’s not the point

But at least one of those suspended wasn’t even at the event. And Wimborne-Idrissi told Skwawkbox that even if she had been, it wouldn’t justify Corbyn’s new party behaving like the authoritarian Labour party:

I wasn’t even at it! But even if I had joined in to listen to what was being said, like Solma, or spoken briefly to contribute some thoughts to a discussion like Mel, that cannot justify suspension. The very use of the word triggers painful memories for so many who suffered the Starmerite purges!

Wimborne-Idrissi was among the critics of Your Party’s ‘purge motion‘ to ban members of a number of socialist groups from the party. The ‘witch-hunt’ motion passed — and shortly afterward, the party split.

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Exclusive: YP suspends Wimborne-Idrissi — for event she didn’t attend.

Your Party (YP) has suspended three members of its executive committee — for attending a socialist event. Well-known Jewish left-winger Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, Essex’s Solma Ahmed and the RMT’s Mel Mullins were all suspended for participating in a Socialist Federation conference: YP got it wrong, but that’s not the point But at least one of those suspended wasn’t even at the event. And Wimborne-Idrissi told Skwawkbox that even if she had been, it wouldn’t justify Corbyn’s new party behaving like the authoritarian Labour party: I wasn’t even at it! But even if I had joined in to listen to what was being said, like Solma, or spoken briefly to contribute some thoughts to a discussion like Mel, that cannot justify suspension. The very use of the word triggers painful memories for so many who suffered the Starmerite purges! Wimborne-Idrissi was among the critics of Your Party’s ‘purge motion‘ to ban members of a number of socialist groups from the party. The ‘witch-hunt’ motion passed — and shortly afterward, the party split. Featured image via YourParty By Skwawkbox

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