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Dramatic_Hammer
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No thanks. I've skimmed it and from my reading of it and your posts I am comfortable in dismissing your summations. However, I take on board your wider grievances and think how you were treated was shitty.
Let me have a crack;
One side thought the other was doomed to failure and didn't put their weight behind them because they constantly hoped that they'd be able to steer the ship back towards their view. The other sat by happlessly while serious issues built and built, everytime they were brought to them the response was a version of "some of my best friends are black" and "it's all conspiracy theory".
Both sides spent the last 10yrs wrestling for control of the party. On this last point I'd add that people need to excersise a bit of perspective. Momentum took over the Labour Party to push it to the left. They were well funded and well organised. If your view is that Labour should be more left wing, or that the left needs greater representation you would have viewed that as a good thing. However, it was still a power grab by a faction, and no different to the centre ground / right of the party doing the same. The only difference is the extent to which you support their view.