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The Afterparty

By: Chris McLaughlin

Ejected and dejected, Britain’s fragmented left is exploring the possibility of a new political party. The odds are against a socialist alternative to Labour — but Keir Starmer’s leadership may be shifting them.

Keir Starmer’s hostility to the left is encouraging socialists to explore new political parties. (Photo by Henry Nicholls / WPA Pool / Getty Images)

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Faint murmurings of renewal are stirring the still reservoirs of hope on Labour’s fragmented left. Talk of a new party is spreading — again. The mood — let’s stay realistic — is evident in discrete sectors of the party membership, among disenchanted MPs, in the diaspora of expelled or disaffected members, and in several Labour movement grouplets, at […]

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Faint murmurings of renewal are stirring the still reservoirs of hope on Labour’s fragmented left. Talk of a new party is spreading — again. The mood — let’s stay realistic — is evident in discrete sectors of the party membership, among disenchanted MPs, in the diaspora of expelled or disaffected members, and in several Labour movement grouplets, at […]

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Faint murmurings of renewal are stirring the still reservoirs of hope on Labour’s fragmented left. Talk of a new party is spreading — again. The mood — let’s stay realistic — is evident in discrete sectors of the party membership, among disenchanted MPs, in the diaspora of expelled or disaffected members, and in several Labour movement grouplets, at […]

Faint murmurings of renewal are stirring the still reservoirs of hope on Labour’s fragmented left. Talk of a new party is spreading — again. The mood — let’s stay realistic — is evident in discrete sectors of the party membership, among disenchanted MPs, in the diaspora of expelled or disaffected members, and in several Labour movement grouplets, at […]

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