Rather than hoping for the emergence of some new ‘party of the left,’ EMMA DENT COAD sees a broad alliance of local parties and community groups as a way of reviving democratic progressive politics
Can the rage at Boris Johnson be turned into a real left counterattack?

PUBLIC anger over the breathtaking hypocrisy exposed by Downing Street in the Christmas party scandal cannot be understated.
Boris Johnson’s stuttering performance at Prime Minister’s Questions, Health Secretary Sajid Javid being forced to deny that the government has lost credibility on Covid and polls showing Labour edging ahead of the Conservatives all show that the Tories are in trouble.
Some point out that, in the catalogue of the government’s crimes, holding an illicit Christmas party ranks pretty low.
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