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Jeremy Corbyn on Britain’s New Left-Wing Party (jacobin.com)
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Keir Starmer’s Labour government has had a dismal first year in power. In an interview, socialist leader Jeremy Corbyn explains why it’s time to create a new left-wing party that empowers working-class people.

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[–] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Normally I'd be skeptical of a party like this having a chance, but those sign-up figures are insane, 650 k is huge! The last published Labour membership figures were about one third of that.

Outsider parties have the power to mobilize inactive voters and move the overton window even if they don't end up winning. If you care about this sort of thing now is the time to promote it and sign up and donate. Elections are mass psychology, if you're always going with the flow you don't get to change anything.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    sign-up figures are insane, 650 k is huge! The last published Labour membership figures were about one third of that.

    It's 650k people subscribing to a list vs being a member. Not really the same thing.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    It’s 650k people subscribing to a list vs being a member. Not really the same thing.

    Agreed and pointed out else where myself.

    It is interesting that the your party site is actually taking membership donations. But as of yet has not published that data.

    Part of me thinks they will not be numbers to brag about until after autumn. As the party will have no firm policies or rules until membership votes.

    Some of us may be willing to join and make that first vote. But more will wait to see what forms.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    Of course sign up figures don't necessarily translate into votes. I suspect a lot of people have signed up to try and put the wind up labour.

    Personally I don't particularly trust Corbyn as leader. He likes to think of himself as uncompromising but really he's just awkward, hard to work with, and let's perfect be the enemy of good far too often. But his party is useful in trying to show labour how unhappy we are with them.

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