Enemies on the left
Sir: James Forsyth’s article ‘Labour must change to win’ (25 January) describes how little appetite the party’s prospective leaders seem to have for arranging this change. Nonetheless, Labour remains a threat to national prosperity. The party was captured by the Trotskyists of Momentum in 2015. Trots never give up. Indeed, they regard politics as a long game. The danger is that the Conservatives have already been in government for nine years, and sooner or later all governing parties become unpopular. Momentum knows this very well and is getting ready. We ducked a bullet at the recent general election, but sensible people, of whatever political stripe, should not yet relax about Britain’s political situation. That will only be possible once either Momentum has been expelled from Labour or Labour moderates have left and set up a new centre-left party which has genuine traction.
Gregory Shenkman
London W8
Leaving the EU
Sir: Anne Applebaum (‘Letter from Strasbourg’, 25 January) notes the wistfulness of UK MEPs contemplating their departure from the European parliament.
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