Starmer didn't win because the right had more votes. He won because he convinced left wing members that he's left wing enough. At least a third of Corbyn voters voted for Starmer. You can read more about the reasons behind it in Owen Jones' new book. Basically it comes down to the left not having a succession plan, the left wing candidate not really wanting to be the leader and most importantly after the 2019 result a significant portion of the left admitted defeat and thought someone like Corbyn will never win enough boomer votes to win in UK politics.
We've still got the numbers to get more socialist MPs selected and regain control of the NEC for the time being. In time, with the right candidate, we can try to get the leadership back. I personally won't vote for my local neoliberal candidate but I'll stay in the party for now. It's too early to give up. This is the strongest the lefts been in British politics since at least the early 80s.
What is it with the left and never having succession plans? I feel like this Has happened a bunch in the last 5 years alone. Pre coup MAS didn’t Have a candidate popular enough to win Which is arguably why Morales ran again. Lula’s replacement was not popular in the slightest and just down right terrible. Labor now. Am I overthinking something or is there a legit issue with popular left leaders not really working on growing a popular successor.
National Executive Committee , basically like the DNC. The left only controlled it for a few years under Corbyn and didn't have the balls to do much with it (like adding primaries) because they were too worried about Blairite MPs.
Starmer didn't win because the right had more votes. He won because he convinced left wing members that he's left wing enough. At least a third of Corbyn voters voted for Starmer. You can read more about the reasons behind it in Owen Jones' new book. Basically it comes down to the left not having a succession plan, the left wing candidate not really wanting to be the leader and most importantly after the 2019 result a significant portion of the left admitted defeat and thought someone like Corbyn will never win enough boomer votes to win in UK politics.
We've still got the numbers to get more socialist MPs selected and regain control of the NEC for the time being. In time, with the right candidate, we can try to get the leadership back. I personally won't vote for my local neoliberal candidate but I'll stay in the party for now. It's too early to give up. This is the strongest the lefts been in British politics since at least the early 80s.
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What is it with the left and never having succession plans? I feel like this Has happened a bunch in the last 5 years alone. Pre coup MAS didn’t Have a candidate popular enough to win Which is arguably why Morales ran again. Lula’s replacement was not popular in the slightest and just down right terrible. Labor now. Am I overthinking something or is there a legit issue with popular left leaders not really working on growing a popular successor.
Tito not having a succesor, Nasser not having a succesor, stalin kinda, etc etc
Tito and Stalin was the specific threat of a Popular (Or capable) successor Usurping them. Come to think of it Evo had a bit of that too.
Tankies don’t kill me but like, maybe we need to actually have a deep discussion about this.
stalin kinda stroked the fuck out and khrushchev basically couped his way to general secretary, shoulda been molotov feelsbad
Did Molotov have any chance? All I’ve read says no
i don't remember exactly but there were a few non revisionists who had a chance
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National Executive Committee , basically like the DNC. The left only controlled it for a few years under Corbyn and didn't have the balls to do much with it (like adding primaries) because they were too worried about Blairite MPs.