“We do need […] to avoid falling into the trap of assuming that, simply because populist radical right parties have increased their support at the same time as social democratic parties have lost theirs, the change is due to working-class voters moving en masse from one to the other,” writes Tim Bale is professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London.
Indeed, the latest research suggests that this is far from the case, with most of those flocking to the far right coming either from more mainstream rightwing parties or from the ranks of the serially disillusioned.
There’s a green party in the UK, and unlike in the US, they actually have seats. And the reason labour lost with Corbyn is because his own party attacked him on imagined charges of anti-Semitism. When the party is led by a left wing figure, suddenly party unity doesn’t count any more.
The greens have 1 seat, and Lucas is standing down. It’s highly likely they end up with none.
Corbyn lost twice because his support was too concentrated. He didn’t build a wide enough support and so we’re here.
Look how they massacred my boy! 😭
Doesn’t matter why Corbyn lost from the perspective of Starmer’s perceived right-wing leaning. My point was just that we don’t know whether he’s right-wing in his heart or left of Che Guevara, because he’ll keep his mouth shut. He does not say anything left sounding because that’s how you lose elections.
Btw, Blair has an extremely problematic legacy, but he’s achieved more for the working class than anyone in the last half century.