Peter Sutton

Mothin Ali – apology and Correction   On 18 July 2024, I published a post on my X account in which I stated that Mr Mothin Ali, an elected official and Deputy Leader of the Green Party, was involved in the Harehills riots of July 2024 in which people attacked the police.   That statement was incorrect. In fact, Mr Ali was asked by the police to use his position of trust in the community to help bring about peace on the streets. Mr Ali attended the scene for that purpose alone. He was not involved in the disorder or violence in any way, and on the contrary he was one of the principal reasons of bringing an end to the disorder. I offer my sincere apologies to Mr Ali for my post, the harm I caused, and I have agreed to pay him compensation to vindicate his reputation.

Anwarul, you’re now mixing up two completely different things, and I think deliberately so. 1. MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) Group. This was an early working group that dissolved many months before 18 September. 2. MOU Operations Ltd This is the separate, privately incorporated company that at the time had just three directors: Feinstein, Driscoll and Winter (now Zarah Sultana taken over as sole director) - created for one narrow purpose: to temporarily hold funds until Your Party became a legal entity. The EC approved Your Party as a legal entity on 30 September. These two things are not the same, and you know that. Conflating an old, dissolved working group with a private company is deliberately misleading. On 18 September, the issue wasn’t who had once been in a room together. It was that: • a visually cloned copy of the YP website appeared • on a privately registered domain made to look official • supporters were misled into thinking it was the real site • and their personal details were routed through MOU Operations Ltd - a company authorised only to hold money temporarily, not to act as the party’s Data Controller. All of this happened while the EC was examining YP’s governance, data handling and technical set-up. That is why it was a risk. By contrast, when the official Your Party membership launched on 24 September, of course the legitimate team used the MOU Ops bank details - because that company had been set up precisely to hold funds safely until the EC finished the registration process. That was lawful, transparent and within the EC’s expectations. The problem was not the bank account. The problem was the unauthorised cloned website, private domain and improper data routing used on 18 September. You’re not responding in good faith here. You are repeatedly conflating timelines and structures to create confusion, instead of addressing what actually happened on that date. Hence my long post factual, not partisan, response.

“Educate, agitate and organise” A snapshot of our deputy leader ⁦@MothinAli⁩ educating and organising. #PoliticsofHope

Full council - @LeedsGreenParty Punching 👊! We heard from the children's lord mayor, who ran on a manifesto to end bullying and build social cohesion. To use her analogy, a crayon box of one colour would be boring, a crayon box of all colours, creeds, cultures is a wonderful idea. White ribbon day 25th November Digital violence against women and girls - revenge porn, bullying, harassment, hate speech, we've seen that very thing targeting our leadership team Promise- never commit, excuse or remain silent about male violence against women @penny_stables brought an amendment to the tory white paper, introducing wealth tax seconded by Cllr Ali @edleeds spoke on the impact on HMO's and how they can cause strain on communities and provide sub-standard housing Lou cunningham spoke on the need for more transparency and community involvement in local development

In Leeds Green Party we gained over 70 members yesterday, they are going to have to call themselves up at this point. join.greenparty.org.uk/

Green Party membership will be 100,000 before we know it. Can they get more members than the Tories? If they keep up their present momentum,why not?

After much reflection, I have resigned from the Labour Party. I will continue serving Roundhay as an independent councillor. Full statement below 👇

✅ We recently surpassed 1,000 Leeds Green members - our numbers grow daily, with over 78,000 members nationally building real hope and real change 🟩 Now is the time to get involved in our united, bold and ever growing movement 🫵 join.greenparty.org.uk

📈 ICYMI The Green Party now has 75,000 members and counting! 🤝 Together we can turn this moment of fear into a moment of hope. 💚 Now is the time. Join the Green Party today ⤵️