"At an early meeting to set the path for what would become Your Party, participants quickly agreed on one thing: given the cliches about leftwingers forever falling out, at all costs they must avoid a descent into factionalism. Six months on and the Liverpool venue hosting this weekend's inaugural Your Party conference has been warned to expect potential disruption, including stage invasions by disgruntled members representing particular wings. Extra security guards have been hired."
"The slightly simplified answer, one agreed on at least in private by people from all sides, is rooted in escalating tensions between Corbyn, portrayed as indecisive and at times ambivalent about yet another political venture at the age of 76, and Sultana, the combative former Labour MP who has enraged colleagues by making major decisions unilaterally."
"The ground zero for a split so comprehensive that, insiders say, Sultana has for the past three months mainly communicated with her supposed colleagues through lawyers, came on 3 July, or terrible Thursday as one calls it. This was when the Coventry South MP announced she was resigning from Labour and would jointly lead a new entity with Corbyn. Zarah Sultana addresses the crowd at a Stop Trump Coalition protest in Parliament Square in September. Photograph: James Manning/PA"
Organisers initially agreed to avoid factionalism, but the new movement rapidly became mired in internal conflict. The Liverpool venue for the inaugural conference received warnings of potential disruption and hired extra security. Hundreds of thousands had signed up in support, but escalating tensions between Corbyn and Sultana undermined cohesion. Corbyn was portrayed as indecisive and ambivalent about another political venture, while Sultana made unilateral decisions that enraged colleagues. A decisive rupture came on 3 July when Sultana announced her resignation from Labour and joint leadership with Corbyn, triggering intense internal disagreement and legal-mediated communication between sides.
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