Zack Polanski says the Greens could work with Labour to stop Farage — but only if Keir Starmer and the Labour right are out of the picture
Thank you. Get rid of the bigot!
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Zack Polanski says the Greens could work with Labour to stop Farage — but only if Keir Starmer and the Labour right are out of the picture
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 1 day ago
This is a stupid sentiment. Starmer isn’t just Starmer. He comes with a whole faction of Starmer loyalists that needs removing as well. At which point you might as well setup a proper left party. Or fold the remaining MPs in the Labour Party into the Greens.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
That’s basically what he said.
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Well exactly. Which is obviously not realistic to say “get rid of your leader plus 70% or more of your party”. So he might as well just recruit the remaining Left leaning MPs into the Greens. In other words there will be no electoral pact in reality because the conditions are absurd.
deHaga@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Come on, the Your Party debacle showed exactly what happens whenever a ‘proper’ left party is tried. Always infighting and purism abound.
echodot@feddit.uk 6 hours ago
You couldn’t have picked two people less able to set up the party though.
tetris11@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Same with any party (lots of infighting amongst the conservatives during Johnson’s rein), but the media overreport on the failings of the left, embarassing as they may be