How Labour Lost its Purpose

By: Chris McLaughlin

Keir Starmer’s Labour Party doesn’t seem to know what it’s doing. More worryingly, it doesn’t seem to know why.

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When the history of Labour’s demise as a radical party in the 2020s comes to be written, it should include a number of milestone dates chalked up by the current party leadership. Take, for instance, 13 January of this year: the day the white flag was formally raised in the fight for a fairer country, […]

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When the history of Labour’s demise as a radical party in the 2020s comes to be written, it should include a number of milestone dates chalked up by the current party leadership. Take, for instance, 13 January of this year: the day the white flag was formally raised in the fight for a fairer country, […]

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When the history of Labour’s demise as a radical party in the 2020s comes to be written, it should include a number of milestone dates chalked up by the current party leadership. Take, for instance, 13 January of this year: the day the white flag was formally raised in the fight for a fairer country, […]

When the history of Labour’s demise as a radical party in the 2020s comes to be written, it should include a number of milestone dates chalked up by the current party leadership. Take, for instance, 13 January of this year: the day the white flag was formally raised in the fight for a fairer country, […]

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