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Despite Starmer’s efforts, Labour will always have a left
The pressures capital itself creates in society leads to the pressure for radical change, says KEITH FLETT

THE efforts of Labour Party HQ to remove the left from the party are perpetual.
Arguably the first occasion was the formal refusal to recognise the young Communist Party as an affiliate in the late 1920s.
The most recent purges have included Socialist Appeal and various groups opposed to the expulsion of critics of the current leadership.
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