JamesQGM-
Yes, I think this is important. You also can't attribute the same level of influence and accountability to so-called left 'outriders' as you can to members of the PLP, who were as recently as yesterday briefing to the press about how they were planning to permanently exclude Corbyn from the party. They really look like they've got their sights set on the broader picture!
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I'm also not sure Chris Williamson and Lowkey are representative of the 'labour left'
Here is Jeremy Corbyn telling Derbyshire Live that "Chris Williamson is a very good, very effective Labour MP. He’s a very strong anti-racist campaigner. He is not anti-Semitic in any way."
This is in February 2019. AFTER the M&S 'Jewish blood' comments. AFTER retweeting holocaust deniers. AFTER suggesting it was legitimate to ask 'The Holocaust: yes or no?'. AFTER retweeting Gilead Atzmon. AFTER attacking the Board of Jewish Deputies during the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre - all of which those Corbyn outriders attempted to defend.
If these people are not representative of the Labour Left, the Labour Left should not spend their time defending them.
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Corbyn outrider Canary openly supporting the split of the Labour Party using notorious antisemite Chris Williamson as their poster boy: https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2021/10/18/the-labour-party-is-dead-long-live-the-resistance/
9/11 Truther Lowkey sings them out in unintended Ricky Gervais homage: https://twitter.com/cquilty52/status/1449527114693332995
Labour left having a totally normal day.
We can both carry this kind of factional nonsense on ad infinitum but isn't there a better option? I.e. get on with either helping Labour win or find another party to support?