Meet the groups trying to create a new leftwing party – and channel the energy missing from Starmer’s Labour | Andy Beckett
As disenchantment grows with mainstream parties, these collectives argue that the time is right – but there will be big obstacles
Ever since Keir Starmer began shoving Labour rightwards in 2020, a space has been opening up in British politics. The limited enthusiasm for Labour at the election and since has widened that space further, as has a more general dissatisfaction: a common feeling that our party system doesn’t properly represent voters on many issues, from inequality to Gaza.
Until recently, the pandemic and then the protracted collapse of the Conservative government distracted most people from this void to the left of Labour. The fact that the more radical leadership of his predecessor ended badly, with Labour’s heavy 2019 defeat, also discouraged further leftwing experiments. Of the many thousands who had been drawn in by Corbynism, some left Labour for the Greens, while others gave up on party politics, threatening to become a lost generation of progressives.
Andy Beckett is a Guardian columnist
Continue reading...Topics
-
Battered but bizarrely upbeat: why even utter defeat hasn’t shaken the Tory party’s confidence | Andy Beckett
World - The Guardian - October 22 -
AI groups rush to redesign model testing and create new benchmarks
Business - Financial Times - 3 days ago -
Meet the new leader of the UK Conservative Party
Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
British lawmaker suspended from Labour Party after video of apparent assault
World - ABC News - October 27 -
If I were a cautious, centre-left prime minister, Trump’s victory would have me worried | Andy Beckett
World - The Guardian - November 7 -
Washington State's breakout season creates conundrum; Liberty drops from Group of Five Power Rankings
Sports - CBS Sports - October 31 -
Labour volunteers helping Harris 'in spare time', says Starmer
Top stories - BBC News - October 23 -
Labour backbenchers accuse Keir Starmer of ‘colonial mindset’
World - The Guardian - October 27 -
UK Labour Party's efforts to help Harris draw scorn from Trump World
Politics - The Hill - October 18
More from The Guardian
-
RFK Jr condemned as ‘clear and present danger’ after Trump nomination
World - The Guardian - 8 hours ago -
Israeli strikes intensify on three fronts as Lebanon talks reach critical stage
World - The Guardian - 14 hours ago -
Pakistan military has no intention of cutting deal with jailed former prime minister Imran Khan – sources
World - The Guardian - 1 hour ago -
Cop summits ‘no longer fit for purpose’, say leading climate policy experts
World - The Guardian - 8 hours ago -
Gladiator knife handle found in Tyne ‘reflects spread of Roman celebrity culture’
World - The Guardian - 3 hours ago
Latest in World
-
At least 10 killed in nursing home fire in Spain
World - ABC News - 5 minutes ago -
Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning president wins over a two-thirds majority in parliamentary election
World - ABC News - 5 minutes ago -
Rachel Reeves ‘not satisfied’ with summer slowdown as UK slips down G7 growth leaderboard – business live
World - The Guardian - 7 minutes ago -
11/14: CBS Evening News
World - CBS News - 28 minutes ago -
Sports quiz of the week: title winners, record breakers and coaching errors
World - The Guardian - 42 minutes ago