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- Voters' voices are being shut out of British politics. Your Party has a radical plan to change that | Jeremy Corbyn
Voters' voices are being shut out of British politics. Your Party has a radical plan to change that | Jeremy Corbyn
The democratic deficit within Britain's political establishment has never been more starkly illuminated than by the Labour Party's recent conference, where a profound chasm opened between the will of the membership and the actions of its leadership. In a powerful exercise of internal democracy, members and trade union affiliates voted to endorse the findings of a UN commission of inquiry, a body that had meticulously documented evidence leading to the grave conclusion that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.This was not a symbolic gesture; it was a directive, a mandate from the party's grassroots demanding the government leverage all available diplomatic and economic tools to prevent further atrocity. Yet, two weeks on, the silence from the Labour government is a thunderous repudiation of its own people.The refusal to formally recognize the genocide, coupled with the ongoing authorization of weapons shipments to Israel, constitutes a fundamental betrayal of the members who constitute the party's soul. This is not merely a policy disagreement; it is a crisis of political representation, a symptom of a system where voters' voices are systematically shut out once the ballots are counted.It echoes a global pattern where political institutions, from Washington to Brussels, become insulated from the public will, prioritizing geopolitical alliances and establishment consensus over moral imperative and democratic accountability. The historical parallels are chilling, recalling moments where Western powers stood by or, worse, facilitated atrocities through arms deals and diplomatic cover, from Rwanda to Srebrenica.This is the very political vacuum that Your Party seeks to fill with a radical, participatory model. Our forthcoming conference in November will pioneer a jury service-style assembly, a deliberative democracy process where randomly selected members will engage in deep, facilitated discussions to shape policy, determine strategic direction, and even deliberate on the fundamental identity of the party, including its name.This is about transplanting the power from the closed, smoke-filled rooms of Westminster back into the hands of the people, creating a living, breathing democracy that responds in real-time to the conscience of its constituents. It is a direct challenge to the top-down, managerial politics that have left so many feeling disenfranchised and powerless.The contrast could not be clearer: one party ignores its members on a matter of life and death, while another is building a structure where such an act would be institutionally impossible. The fight for Gaza has thus become a litmus test for the soul of British democracy itself, exposing the brittle foundations of a system that professes popular sovereignty while routinely dismissing it. Your Party’s plan is not just a new set of policies; it is a constitutional revolution from below, an attempt to heal the broken relationship between the governed and those who govern, and a promise that the voices calling for justice, however inconvenient, will no longer be silenced.
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Jamie Wilson123k2 days ago
ugh this is why people just feel so powerless tbh like they never actually listen do they
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Jamie Wilson123k2 days ago
wait so the members voted for something and the leaders just completely ignored them smh idk what i expected tbh
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