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Bin off the member democracy. Bin off the Corbynites.
Who's gonna knock doors/pay their subs?
Bin off the unions.
Who's gonna fund the party?? People seem to forget that the Labour party was founded to represent organised labour, not the other way round
Bin off the flag chat.
This I agree with, and potentially the progressive alliance, although that isn't exactly going to be a silver bullet
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Short answer, no. But there's also no majority in failing to appeal to anyone outside that bracket too. I think Labour's decline is terminal and they need to arrest it fast by changing the way the party is run. Bin off the member democracy. Bin off the unions. Bin off the Corbynites. Bin off the flag chat.
Start talking about meritocracy. Start talking about roads / crime / antisocial behaviour / housing / the damage of Brexit. Openly argue for social justice. Make electoral pacts with the Greens, Lib Dems, SNP. Create a progressive alliance.
I do appreciate that I'm speaking a bit fast and loose and from frustration but I do think this weekend's results show that a significant change in approach is required. Blairism won't work. Corbynism won't work. And the first attempt at Starmerism hasn't worked.