So, Your Party has been registered & Corbyn listed as leader, which has upset some critics. I'm told: – This is an interim arrangement, just for registration – Models of leadership will be decided at the founding conference 🧵
– It's not considered feasible to register the party after the conference, as registration takes weeks and the media would just say, lol, but this party doesn't even exist
Also understand that it is taking some time to transfer the data/membership over from Zarah Sultana's initial portal to the current one – eg they need to check for duplicates Aside from the logistics, there is the need to ensure all legal and regulatory requirements are met
The assumption of course is that the overall numbers are much lower than they could otherwise have been. We will find out in time, presumably...
@siennamarla Any reason why they haven't released the membership numbers?
@siennamarla Also, co leadership isn't recognised by the Electoral Commission.
@siennamarla I'm more upset with Adnan being named as the nomination officer. I hope this isn't long term because wtf