THE Edinburgh branch of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s new forthcoming left-wing party is set to be launched.
A first meeting date and venue will soon be announced for later this month, The National understands.
Your Party, currently being set-up by the two MPs, has gathered more than 800,000 sign-ups across the UK so far.
Members will name the party properly at a conference later this year. But local branches have popped up across the UK in the interim.
The setting up of an Edinburgh branch by supporters comes after a successful first meeting of the first Scottish proto-branch in Glasgow – which saw over 200 attend at the Renfield Centre in the city centre.
It also comes ahead of the Holyrood elections next year, with reports suggesting the party may field candidates north of the border.
The group, naming itself Your Party Edinburgh, has set up a page on Instagram which includes a sign up link.
The National spoke with one of the organisers who said they are a “growing group of activists and community organisers” that have come together to start organising for what will become Your Party Edinburgh.
“We are planning to have a launch event later this month,” they added.
