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A ballot box is emptied at Northallerton Leisure Centre in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, during the count for the Richmond and Northallerton constituency in the 2024 General Election, July 4, 2024
BRITAIN is close to a democratic “tipping point” as election turnout plummets, a top think tank has warned.
The centrist Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), regarded as close to the Starmer government, issued a report pointing out that participation is falling fastest among working-class voters.
The IPPR’s analysis found that a turnout gap is growing along class lines.
ANDREW MURRAY recommends a volume of essays that nail the visionless, racist and neoliberal character of policy under Starmer’s Labour Party
Corbyn and Sultana commit to launching new socialist party
If Labour MPs who rebelled over the welfare reforms expected to be listened to, they shouldn’t have underestimated the vindictiveness of the Starmer regime. But a new left party that might rehome them is yet to be established, writes ANDREW MURRAY
