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I'm not going to disagree with the general premise of the fine article, since I'm obviously not privy to the internal workings of the Labour Party, but how on earth did an article with so much nothing get written?
The Labour Right are removing all the Labour Left! There are so many examples! So many that we can only mention Dianne Abbot, a very polarising figure even within the party, because she wrote an article that she later apologised about.
Do we actually not have a single proper example?
Here's a few examples from a source a touch less biased
Cheers, I'll take a look at this.
Mixed feelings about that article.
The NEC, Labour’s governing body, later told Mcleod that he had been excluded because he had been absent from a council vote on the definition of antisemitism.
Townsend was left off the longlist after a due diligence process picked out various tweets she had liked. One was by Novara journalist Aaron Bastani calling Starmer a “prat”.
It doesn't sound like a few of these people did their job or acted very professionally. Others sound like strange reasons, and some should have been ejected that haven't.
Pretty sure I read similar articles under the previous leadership, but with centerists claiming to be picked on. It's a shame that there are a constant flow of articles about Labour infighting which makes them look a lot more disorganised than other parties, and which is why I wouldn't expect them to talk to the press about this. There is no upside to airing your dirty laundry.
the problem McDonnell has is, they make up a huge chunk of the party arithmetic and Starmer keeps slicing off the policies the party voted for last time around. This is posturing for the upcoming Labour conference. The question to Starmer is, what policies will go to the public in the next election, and what will the party as a whole vote for? Starmer will argue the centre is where elections are won, and this is correct. Corbyn proved it, they had enormous popular support for policies but couldnt get the ball over the line against the most ludicrous opponent Labour has ever had. To me this suggests timing was all bad, but people hated Corbyn. Starmer is much more appealing by comparison, so what policies will carry them to the promised land? This is all jockeying for that.
Two policies spring to mind:
Abolishing the House of Lords
GB Energy
Edit. Actually 3, https://labour.org.uk/stronger-together/britain-2030/green-and-digital-future/
Bidenomics might not be a US vote winner, but fiscal stimulus via the IRA is a solid economic idea
the IRA?
Inflation Reduction Act