Labour Leadership 2016

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hugo7 in reply to @Arducius

Is there a need for a new party to represent those people who are no longer represented by the PLP?

This is something I've said for probably almost 10yrs now. The Tory right didn't like the Conservatives' shift to the centre so set up UKIP. I don't understand why the left of Labour didn't do this ages ago (well obviously I do).

Got to say that I'm not sure now is the best time to do it.

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mespilus in reply to @hugo7

I suspect New Labour thought their left flank was covered by the Greens,
(on their way down from their '89 Euro election peak
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_election,_1989_(United_Kingdom)
maybe being a depository or protest votes in Euro elections,
but hoping they would vote more circumspectly in a general election.

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