If there is a hallmark of Keir Starmer’s leadership, it is a willingness to bash the left. For five years, he has repeatedly sided with his moderate factions to make Labour electable. Corbynites have been purged from parliament and the party machine. Principles and policies have been changed to meet the electorate’s approval. Last summer’s election result appeared to vindicate the Prime Minister’s strategy. But with Starmer’s authority crumbling, the British left is aiming to reassert itself and wreak its revenge from outside, rather than inside, the Labour party.

‘This Labour government is here to appease Reform. We are here to defeat Reform’

Three groups pose a threat to Starmer. The first is the new ‘Your Party’, led by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana. It has 800,000 sign-ups and hope

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