What’s that got to do with anything?

You stated they were a left government, many people corrected you and you argued with all of them that you’re right and they’re wrong.

Now that I’ve provided sources you’re changing the topic? Get over your ego.

I like you, my vote tally has you sitting on +34, but take a minute and think beyond trying to win an argument.

How can you expect any form of left unity when you argue blue in the face that an explicitly not left government is so. Are we supposed to prop up our enemy at all times because there’s a worse guy waiting in the shadows?

The ratchet effect has been ongoing since the 70s and now we must pretend that an explicitly not left party is left as well? Where will that lead us? How will that affect the Overton window? How can we expect to make progress when discourse gets shut down because we’re not showing enough solidarity to people that explicitly don’t show us solidarity because they’re explicitly opposed to our views?

The modern day Labour party are not left wing. Nothing to do with the spectrum of liberal or authoritarian but the spectrum of economic policy.

Labour are both authoritarian and right wing.

And the left are expected to back them?

We have FPTP, yes. But we’re not a two party state like America either. Our only options aren’t Labour or Tory, akin to Democrat or Republican. The Lib Dems were power brokers in 2010, the DUP were power brokers in 2017. The Greens and Your Party have both made mention of working together to prevent standing candidates against each other. The SNP are also likely to work with a Green and Your Party alliance, as they have allied with the Scottish Greens in the past (who are more left wing than the GPEW).

If we continue voting for right wing authoritarians we will never make progress. Regardless of whether they wear blue or red. Regardless of whether they’re explicitly racist or not. Regardless of whether they’re explicitly pro-aristocrats or not.

Labour were captured in the 90s. There was no viable alternative for left wingers to go then though and there were still many lefties within the rank and file of the party. Starmer has made sure to purge most of that since Corbyn left. They only thing left about them now is legacy, branding, and reputation. Don’t let the bastards win.