I'd be interested in a synthesis of this with (a) major critique of Starmer personally that he *is* an outside person who pivoted into representative politics, and lacks an interest in the inner life of the Labour Party.
In some ways this is an argument for the SDP (RIP), but that’s not an option. The Labour Party has an apparently inevitable tendency to leftism, made worse by Milliband’s idiot changes to how the leader is elected. Organising against that is always required - now and in 80s, 90s, noughties - and will favour the organisers, as you say. One question is why did New Labour manage to develop some ideas and have difficult debates whilst also organising against leftists, whereas the current Labour Party has not.
One of the biggest weaknesses of current in groups within Labour is that they lack a positive conception of technology as something that is not just to be to controlled or regulated. They know they're against Elon Musk but don't know what they're for. That means you're permanently reactive, responding to the creations of others.
Really convincing. One thing I’m struggling to square is that there are a lot of think tanks so surely there are good ideas out there. Is the issue that centrist Labour MPs are not synthesising / taking some risks with these ideas? Or are think tanks part of the problem?
I'd be interested in a synthesis of this with (a) major critique of Starmer personally that he *is* an outside person who pivoted into representative politics, and lacks an interest in the inner life of the Labour Party.
In some ways this is an argument for the SDP (RIP), but that’s not an option. The Labour Party has an apparently inevitable tendency to leftism, made worse by Milliband’s idiot changes to how the leader is elected. Organising against that is always required - now and in 80s, 90s, noughties - and will favour the organisers, as you say. One question is why did New Labour manage to develop some ideas and have difficult debates whilst also organising against leftists, whereas the current Labour Party has not.
One of the biggest weaknesses of current in groups within Labour is that they lack a positive conception of technology as something that is not just to be to controlled or regulated. They know they're against Elon Musk but don't know what they're for. That means you're permanently reactive, responding to the creations of others.
Really convincing. One thing I’m struggling to square is that there are a lot of think tanks so surely there are good ideas out there. Is the issue that centrist Labour MPs are not synthesising / taking some risks with these ideas? Or are think tanks part of the problem?