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Starmer bans Labour councillors from doing deals with Polanski’s Green Party (www.independent.co.uk)

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A row has broken out after the ban on Labour councillors working with the Greens forced them to make a deal with the Tories in Brent

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Oh Labour has been bickering over ideological purity for decades.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If the right of the Labour Party were forced to break off into thor own party, no one would ever vote for them. They don't offer anyone anything, if you're that way politically inclined you're just going to vote for the conservatives, or reform these days.

There has been this constant fear from various party leaders over the years that if they actually cut out the right of the party they would somehow lose votes, but I honestly don't think they would.

[–] hellothere@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Literally since day 1.

This has always been the tension between the wider labour movement - which by definition must always be advocating for more than is currently acceptable - and the party, which must present itself as a balance.