Just as German Social Democrats joined the Nazis in singing Deutschland Uber Alles, ANDREW MURRAY observes how Starmer tries to out-Farage Farage with anti-migrant policies — but evidence shows Reform voters come from Tories, not Labour, making this ploy morally bankrupt and politically pointless
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THE decision by Keir Starmer to block Jeremy Corbyn from standing as a Labour candidate in the next general election poses a significant challenge to Labour’s left — and it is far from clear that the left is rising to meet it.
Starmer’s announcement — for which his authority is unclear — had been long anticipated. That should not, however, diminish the sense of injustice. Removing Corbyn from the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) was never anything more than an act of political vindictiveness from a man who once described his predecessor as Labour leader as “a friend.”
The ostensible reason for the decision was Corbyn’s response to the publication of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) report into anti-semitism in Labour in October 2020.
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Just as German Social Democrats joined the Nazis in singing Deutschland Uber Alles, ANDREW MURRAY observes how Starmer tries to out-Farage Farage with anti-migrant policies — but evidence shows Reform voters come from Tories, not Labour, making this ploy morally bankrupt and politically pointless
