Read more on our proposal for collective leadership here:

Democracy is when people govern themselves, and that's always going to lead to disagreements, but that is a strength, not a weakness.

When we experience difficulty, we should remember it's because we're doing the work of building something new and, hopefully, revolutionary.

Power concentrated in the hands of too few people is a recipe for the development of an unaccountable party elite, detached from the everyday demands of ordinary membership.

We should instead look to build up as many leaders and organisers as possible from among our ranks.

As for why it's important, the leadership of a democratic & socialist party must be collective, recallable, and based on the equality of all members of the leadership body - with all members of the CEC equal and none more equal than any other.

The CEC would elect from among themselves a steering committee of 5 equal members, plus the two Co-Chairs, to handle all the necessary organisational tasks.

All members of the CEC will have a term limit of two years, and would be barred from standing again for another two years.

The two Co-Chairs would act as public spokespeople for the party, but would have the same power as any other member of the CEC.

The "official" leader, the one we would put down for legal purposes, would be chosen at random from among the CEC, and would hold no additional power.

We want to see leadership held collectively by the Central Executive Committee (CEC), a group consisting of 19 ordinary members plus two Co-Chairs.

All of these positions would be elected by the membership and elected officials, like MPs, would be barred from running for them.

Finally, we'll take a short break, and then move on to the Lock-In with DSYP: a more casual, free-flowing discussion session where you can get to know DSYP a little better.

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Then, Zarah Sultana will present her own vision and proposals for the party, exploring where those align with DSYP's ideas as well as where there are differences. Following this, we'll open up the floor to a Q&A session. Please come along ready to ask questions!

In the first meeting in this series, we'll hear from DSYP speakers Max S, Chloe B, and Ewan T about the case for a Party Republic, our new proposed Political Statement, and our major proposed constitutional amendments.

This will be the first in a series of public meetings in the lead-up to conference where we'll feature a range of guest speakers, to explore how our visions for YP align, as well as where they diverge.

DSYP and guests will present our ideas and take audience questions.