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The whole point is to rid ourselves of the Tory party at the forthcoming election. Hopefully, they'll receive such a massive kicking that they'll no longer be the official opposition. Collectively, we all need a breathing space. We can then, as leftists, just do our best to hold Labour's feet to the fire and maybe extract something positive from them. In our 'managed democracy' through the pressure of public opinion this is all we have at our disposal.
Absolutely! The only thing I'd disagree with here is the idea that we need to wait until after the election. Making progressive arguments in public is actually good for Labour, even if they're not quite meeting the threshold currently, because it shows how far away the Conservatives truly are.
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The only thing I'd disagree with here is the idea that we need to wait until after the election. Making progressive arguments in public is actually good for Labour
Labour infighting basically killed off Corbyn. That is 2 elections and 7 years where we could have had someone other than the Tories in power.
If the Tories win again they will stuff the HoL, redraw constituency boundaries, shore up FPTP, disenfranchise voters, attack the BBC and empower right wing media, continue to engineer public frustration with the NHS and human rights, restrict the right to protest, restrict the right to strike, continue to restrict access to mental health services, legal aid, and so on.
The more infighting there is on the left and the further left Starmer goes the more likely it is that the Tories get in. Is the infighting really worth the risk of letting the Tories back in? The answer to me is "fuck no". Is it not sufficient to just accept a Blairite Labour that will repair the NHS and improve things for people who are poor/disabled/mentally ill/sick/refugees etc.?
frankenbike
The whole point is to rid ourselves of the Tory party at the forthcoming election. Hopefully, they'll receive such a massive kicking that they'll no longer be the official opposition. Collectively, we all need a breathing space. We can then, as leftists, just do our best to hold Labour's feet to the fire and maybe extract something positive from them. In our 'managed democracy' through the pressure of public opinion this is all we have at our disposal.