>> The Labour Party certainly has a higher membership than any other political party; indeed almost
>> as high as all other parties put together. This isn’t reflected in support in the
>> country however when it comes to general elections. So the left seem to have a
>> greater ‘need’ to belong to a group that thinks like them for some reason.
>>
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Rather like the Disc Jockey John Peel, who regularly topped the vote for best radio DJ despite playing music most people considered crap and having hardly any listeners.
The mainstream has supporters, the oddball has fanatics.
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