Like hundreds of thousands of people across the UK, the news of Jeremy and Zarah announcing the Your Party founding conference has given us new hope. This is a once-in-a-generation moment for the left to build a home outside of Labour, without the vicious self-interested politics of Starmer and Blair.

We can create something more than just a political party, we can create a movement that promises to change Britain for good. But without first ensuring that our new political home is democratic, member-led and rooted in the needs of the people, we will not be able to promise genuine political change. The Democratic Bloc is a campaign getting ready to build for the conference, to put forward concrete democratic proposals and to bring the new would-be members together around a unifying, open and positive vision for how this new party should be run.

The Democratic Bloc is a campaign founded by a group of would-be members and will be led by anyone that wants to take part. We began with a set of core areas of focus that we thought will define the future of the new left party – 2025 conference, running the party, preparing for Parliament and local politics.

From that basis, we wrote a set of amendments that speak to the four documents published by the Your Party leadership.

Our amendments were taken to our members, they edited them and then ratified the amendments with a 100% accept vote. We are united, ready for founding conference.