Democratic Socialists

A Worker’s Wage and Party Equality 💰

Keep our reps grounded in the working class experience:
- MPs/officeholders take no more than the median local wage.
- Staff salaries capped at the national average.
- Any surplus salary goes back to the local branch.

Accountability for Elected Representatives 🗳️

Representatives must serve the membership:
- Establish Socialists in Office (SIO) Committees for scrutiny.
- Elected Parliamentary/Council Convenors.
- Term limits for all elected officeholders.

Fair and Independent Discipline ⚖️

Discipline should ensure safety, not silence debate.

- Create a Discipline & Grievance Commission (DGC).
- 11 members selected by sortition (random draw).
- The DGC reviews all disciplinary cases independently.

Transparency and Openness 🔍

Members cannot control the party if they lack access to key information. Accountability requires openness and scrutiny of those we elect.

- All CEC/Steering Committee meetings open to members
- Minutes and decisions must be published

For a Collective Leadership 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

End the focus on individual leaders. We need democratic, collective leadership:
- Replace single Leader with 2 Co-Chairs
- End automatic seats for MPs/Councillors on the CEC
- Elected Steering Committee.
- Term Limits for leadership and CEC.

A Party of the Whole Left 🤝

Strength is in diversity! We must encourage open debate:
- Organise openly in factions/platforms
- Advocate publicly for your politics
- Remove bans on membership of other parties

Empower the Branches ✊

Power belongs locally. We propose:
- Branches get at least 50% of membership fees
- Form branches on community not electoral lines
- Conferences led by elected delegates

Our interventions for Regional Assemblies: Guides and Resources - Democratic Socialists Download and share the Democratic Socialists of Your Party key guides and resources for interventions at Your Party Regional Assemblies.

📣 We've drafted a detailed set of amendments for @thisisyourparty.bsky.social Regional Assemblies. It's time to build a Party Republic guided by a minimum programme for maximum democracy!

Download and share our resources for Regional Assemblies.

Your Party Publishes Draft Founding Documents After months of speculation, days to go before the first assemblies, and 6 weeks before founding conference, Your Party has finally published documents that members will have to deliberate on to de…

The
@thisisyourparty.bsky.social
founding documents are finally published at www.yourparty.uk/founding-doc...

👉 Read our response:

👉 Here’s our take on the leaked @thisisyourparty.bsky.social
draft, what members ought to get & how to get it.

🚨🚨🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨🚨🚨

This old draft of the constitutional document for @thisisyourparty.bsky.social is vague, rushed, and limits members to binary choices with no way to introduce new ideas. Members deserve real scrutiny, not a rubber stamp.
dsyp.org/wp-content/u...