>> I'd read that there was a couple of MPs suggesting SKS should resign if Labour
>> lose this by election, I don't think he should or would but it'll certainly pile
>> the pressure on and make the divisions in labour come back to the front. I
>> think if it were to lose they'll be more time spent looking inward to the
>> labour party.
>>
I agree; the divisions in the Labour Party have existed for at least 30 years so changing the leader again isn’t really going to make much difference I don’t think. And anyway, who is there to replace him? Though of course for the party, finding a scapegoat means avoiding tackling the issue of division...which delays further their chances of winning another election. And if there’s one thing the Labour Party is good at it’s blaming anyone but themselves for the mess they’re in ;)
I’m not a left wing trade union supporting brexiteer. The opposite in fact. But unlike your average guardian
-reading metropolitan elite champagne socialist I like reading other points of view, and I think this chap has neatly summarised, albeit somewhat simplified, some of the problems the Labour Party has created for itself. I think he’s wrong about the opportunity to win back the old working class in mainly manual, low paid jobs - they have all but disappeared. What’s left of manufacturing is well paid and skilled on the whole. But there’s a huge tranche of voters in retail, distribution, hospitality etc that have effectively replaced them, but that Labour treat with disdain.
unherd.com/2021/05/labour-isnt-working/
And given the leadership is now so far away from the parties roots perhaps they should read it too...
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