CEC report - Niall Christie - April 12, 2026

Report of previous meeting: CEC report - Niall Christie - March 22, 2026

Background: Despite requests from Scotland, no meeting between the CEC Officers Group and the Interim Scottish Executive Committee (ISEC) took place ahead of this meeting. An email claiming that I had been in discussions about rerunning a vote on running the Holyrood elections was sent by the party chair - this is not the case.

The CEC also informed members in Scotland that a Working Group to take on the development of the party in Scotland will shortly be sortitioned. This is, in my opinion, a power grab and attempt to remove the ISEC and bypass myself as the CEC Scotland rep. This has no constitutional basis, as outlined in my previous report.

Key points for Scotland:

Officers reports

  • I raised questions ahead of the meeting in writing to members of the Officers Group. These questions were not taken or addressed.
  • I then raised the issue of membership numbers in Scotland during the Officers Group update. The chair said this would not be answered.

Dual Membership

  • The point of Dual membership was raised in a proposed paper from the Officers Group. This would proscribe almost all groups of the left, including non-party political membership organisations.
  • This amendment can be found here: CEC Dual Membership Amendment - NC (Scotland)
  • This paper as proposed would also overrule the decisions taken at Your Party Scotland’s Founding Conference in Dundee, and I submitted an amendment to bring the paper in line with YPS’ constitution.
  • These amendments were taken section by section, with seven (7) votes, broken down by section.
  • This included a vote on adding a line which supported: “Organisational autonomy for devolved nations within Your Party.”
  • Six were rejected by the CEC.  A vote on Section 7’s amendment was approved by the CEC.
  • However, after approval of this amendment, the chair argued that she had been misleading, and voted to rule this approval as misleading.
  • I made six (6) points of order asking for justification on this, and raising a conflict of interest. These were all ruled out of order. I was threatened with disciplinary action by the chair for raising these.
  • It was then decided without a further vote that the previously approved amendment had now been rejected.
  • As such, all seven (7) of the amendments fell. This is, in my opinion, a disgusting attempt to re-run votes that did not go the way of the Officers Group, and done without constitutional basis.

Devolved Nations

  • An agenda point on Devolved Nations, including Scotland and Wales, was listed on the agenda circulated.
  • I submitted a proposal for consideration, in line with the party’s Standing Orders.
  • The section on Devolved Nations was skipped over in the meeting.
  • However, this paper was rejected ahead of time by the CEC Operations Team via email. After clarification, it was claimed this was on behalf of the party chair.
  • This paper can be found here: Niall CEC / ISEC proposal.
  • This was rejected on the basis that the first two points in the paper would breach legal requirements. I challenged this.
  • I asked multiple times whether the final point, on Scottish autonomy, was supported by the Officer Group and could be voted on in the CEC meeting. No response was received.

General

  • A coordinated attempt to undermine Scotland’s autonomy was on show at the CEC, with repeated claims that Your Party Scotland is still in a “developmental” stage, and thus no votes taken are set.
  • I opposed this, to no avail.
  • Claims were also repeatedly made that there had been no constitutional votes on Scotland’s autonomy of decision-making and that these were without basis. My clear objections that this was false were ignored.
  • I raised points of order opposing the claims that Scotland’s autonomy is not a settled issue within Your Party. These were rejected by the chair.
  • A particular thanks to my fellow CEC reps - including Megan Clarke and Candi Williams - who seconded my proposals in favour of Scotland’s autonomy and our ability to set our own founding documents. A further thanks to those who spoke in favour of Scotland’s decisions to be respected: Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, Zarah Sultana, Grace Lewis, Mel Mullings, Solma Ahmed, and Sophie Wilson.

Additional points:

  • I seconded an amendment by Sam Gorst which exempted TUSC members from expulsion. This passed.
  • I submitted a question ahead of the meeting, and during, asking about the loss of members in Scotland and across Britain. This was not responded to on either occasion.
  • I thanked the new party treasurer for providing expenses to those who had contacted the party via myself in the past couple of weeks. Anyone who is still facing issues, please get in touch.

Next steps: The interim SEC (ISEC) is meeting on Sunday, April 12, before meeting with members across Scotland at an online meeting to discuss next steps in Scotland.

Other updates (to be added as they are published):

Chair’s report:

Note of thanks: A massive thank you to comrades from the Interim SEC and Grassroots Left who have been a huge support to me in this role. A huge thank you to all members in Scotland as well who backed me to the hilt against these issues which we have been facing in Scotland.