Preferable to Starmer he may be, but there is scant sign of a sharp political break in Burnham’s policies so far — while left challenges aren’t making much of a running either, finds ANDREW MURRAY. How can socialism be put back on the map?
PAUL SWEENEY MP urges the Labour left to present a “united front” on the issue of Brexit (M Star April 11).
The price he demands for such unity is the total capitulation of Leave supporters and even Remain Eurosceptics to a catalogue of illusions about the character of the EU and the prospects for reforming it.
He prefaces his argument with the claim that pro-Leavers are portraying most Labour Party Remainers as “neoliberals” who long for the pre-2016 era of triangulation and membership passivity.
Preferable to Starmer he may be, but there is scant sign of a sharp political break in Burnham’s policies so far — while left challenges aren’t making much of a running either, finds ANDREW MURRAY. How can socialism be put back on the map?
Italians reject controversial judiciary reforms in a referendum that boosts the left, reports NICK WRIGHT
Starmer sabotaged Labour with his second referendum campaign, mobilising a liberal backlash that sincerely felt progressive ideals were at stake — but the EU was then and is now an entity Britain should have nothing to do with, explains NICK WRIGHT



