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YOUR Party Scotland is “over” its leaders have said as they resigned from Jeremy Corbyn’s political party.

The 12-strong interim Scottish executive committee have quit, accusing the UK leadership of a “generational fumble”, as they announced they would set up a rival outfit.

The party were accused of blocking Scottish activists’ attempts to contest the upcoming Holyrood election and the party’s UK high command was also said to have consistently ignored the one Scottish representative on its ruling body.

In a joint statement, the outgoing Scottish leadership committee said: “As a result of this consistent denial of autonomy for Scotland, and a willingness by the UK leadership to sideline an entire nation by withholding funding and mailing lists and refusing to engage, we have, after careful thought and consideration, taken the collective decision to resign our positions on [the interim Scottish executive committee], having found ourselves completely blocked when we attempted to carry out the clear mandate set for us by members from across Scotland.”

Niall Christie was the Scottish Greens candidate in Glasgow South (Image: Scottish Greens)

The group said that the move came after a meeting of the UK-wide central executive committee (CEC) on Sunday which saw Niall Christie, the Scotland representative, prevented from putting forward measures to allow the Scottish party the ability to contact members.

His attempt to put forward a motion affirming the Scottish party’s independence also failed.

“No serious attempt to unite the left can be done through purges of socialists or by disregarding entire nations and their representatives,” said the outgoing Scottish members.

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"It is clear that these are fatal blows to the Your Party project from which it cannot recover.

"Despite this generational fumble of the left in Britain, the need for a new party on the left in Scotland couldn’t be more urgent, and it is our clear intention to continue working towards this.

“We call on others who share our vision to join us in doing so over the coming weeks and months, as the reality of a rising far-right and its representatives joining our national Parliament set in. Simply put, the best time for change has passed, but the next best time is now.”

Zarah Sultana pictured outside the ACC, where the Your Party conference is being held (Image: PA)

At Sunday’s CEC meeting, members of Your Party’s ruling body were said to have voted to ban dual membership , an issue which was one of the starkest divides between Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s camps at the party’s founding conference last year.

Christie said: "It has become clear the party has run out of road. This is in no small part down to the consistent disrespect shown to Scotland and Scottish members, with decisions about us being made without our input, and on our behalf.

“I’ll be continuing the essential work needed to build the party we were all promised in summer 2025, but I will be doing so outside of Your Party. With an election on the horizon, it is time to take stock of the political landscape in Scotland and work to bring the left in Scotland together - truly - and move towards something new in the not-too-distant future.

“My own main takeaway having been involved in Your Party is that whatever comes next must be built in Scotland, by Scotland, for Scotland. Anything else is doomed to fail.”

A Your Party spokesperson said: "We thank Niall and members of the volunteer interim committee for their contribution to support members in Scotland at an early stage of the Party’s development.

“We understand these members disagreed with the vote taken by Scottish members not to stand candidates for the upcoming Holyrood elections. That is their right.”

Your Party Scotland members voted by 54% to 46% against standing candidates in the Holyrood election in a vote which took place just five days before the deadline to stand candidates.

Christie told The National that members had voted “overwhelmingly” in favour of contesting the election at the party’s Scottish conference in February and members in Dundee had backed contesting their patch.

The Your Party spokesperson added: "Following our executive committee’s decision earlier this month, Your Party has already begun the work of establishing a Scottish Nations Working Group through sortition, ensuring a representative body drawn from across the whole membership in Scotland.

"This approach is about strengthening participation, transparency and long-term stability. It creates the conditions for meaningful member engagement, the development of Scottish branch structures, and the preparation of elections for a permanent Scottish executive committee — the democratic structures that Scottish members voted for and deserve.

"Every decision about Your Party in Scotland will be taken by members in Scotland.

“We understand there are differing views during a period of transition. Our responsibility is to put in place clear, fair and workable structures that serve all members in Scotland, and we remain committed to doing so.”