Since Starmer blagged his way into the leadership of the Labour Party, there has been a lot of soul searching about whether socialists should remain in the Labour Party or even help build a left-wing alternative – less, I notice, consideration of joining existing left alternatives – more of them later.
The British Left inside and outside the Labour Party have faced this dilemma time and again, but perhaps the consequences of adopting such a strategy have never been more dire than the Independent Labour Party’s disaffiliation from the Labour Party in July 1932, exactly 90 years ago.
The British Left inside and outside the Labour Party have faced this dilemma time and again, but perhaps the consequences of adopting such a strategy have never been more dire than the Independent Labour Party’s disaffiliation from the Labour Party in July 1932, exactly 90 years ago.