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…

Eslamdoust faction calls police to remove TSSA president from conference, then suspends

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:14 June 2026
Post last modified:15 June 2026

The faction supporting the TSSA rail union’s deeply unpopular general secretary Maryam Eslamdoust has called police to remove the union’s president from the chair of its annual conference. Former TSSA assistant general secretary broke the news on his social media feeds: Unbelievably, the @TSSAunion Executive Committee has tried to remove the President from Annual Conference in contravention of the Rules, and he has refused to leave the chair. So the Police have been called!!! — Steve Coe (@stevecoe1057) June 13, 2026 When police refused to intervene in a civil dispute, the rail union then found a pretext to suspend Adam Wilson…