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The Labour left divide is a two-way street
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The Labour left divide is a two-way street

By Ben Sellers

For three decades, I’ve been involved in organising the left in and around the Labour Party. For barely three of those years, the Labour left has been in some kind of ascendancy. The explosion of socialist ideas and movement-building that…

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The dangerous language of ‘crankery’ on the Labour left

By Ben Sellers

Jade Azim’s LabourList article ‘The real battle for Labour’s soul? Lansmanites vs cranks’ certainly caused a stir. Reactions ranged from cheering to weariness, but also from the perplexed to the very personalised. I want to start by making…

Five qualities needed for Labour’s next general secretary
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Five qualities needed for Labour’s next general secretary

By Ben Sellers

Whatever we might think about the people involved, I think most of us can probably agree that personal qualities play a big part in a role such as general secretary of the Labour Party. We have become used to ‘the big debate’ in the party…

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