More evidence the Labour Party is heading down a cul-de-sac appealing to ReformUK Ltd voters (and sympathisers) as actually Labour is losing many more votes to the Left (and to the Green Party of England & Wales).
Of course, the notion that the Labour Party might tack left is now a damp squib, as even if they did, few would see this as a genuine attempt to reconnect with its past positions, but more a pragmatic (Starmeresque) manoeuvre to be reversed later!
#politics
https://theconversation.com/the-leftwing-vote-is-splitting-we-looked-at-who-is-moving-to-the-greens-and-what-they-care-about-284466
Emeritus Prof. Christopher May
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