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Labour’s far left is a personality cult without the personality

The Labour left that has dominated radical culture since 2015 appears to have had a stroke. Its candidates for the Labour leadership seem paralysed. The ‘journalists’ who have sold their souls and become propagandists don’t know what to say.

Supporters of the Keir Starmer and Jess Phillips campaigns believe the machine will crank up again when a left-wing candidate finally emerges.

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Nick Cohen
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Nick Cohen is the author of What's Left and You Can't Read This Book.

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