Charlie Alford

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

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:4 July 2026
Post last modified:4 July 2026

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…

Legitimise and reintegrate: Syria’s ex-Al Qaeda president to attend G7 conference

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:22 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Former Al Qaeda member and US-backed Syrian president Ahmed Al-Sharaa will be a guest at the influential G7 forum. Al-Sharaa’s presence is about Syria’s reintegration into the global capitalist economy. Syria’s use by Western powers as a “potential strategic hub for supply chains” will also be discussed given the Strait of Hormuz is blocked. The G7 is a multinational economic and political forum made up of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US. The EU is a non-enumerated member. It meets annually: to coordinate policy on global economic, security, and other critical issues, acting as a platform for…