Just six months into the Starmer era, the Labour Party has cleansed its shadow cabinet of its most left-wing politicians and suspended Jeremy Corbyn. So it should be clear to everyone what Keir Starmer is really about.
Not only has Starmer built a team of the centre and right, Labour policy has moved away from the 10 pledges he committed himself to in January to win over Corbynite members.
Instead, the Labour Party has returned to its doomed strategy of abstaining on important moral issues.
Keir Starmer has whipped votes to abstain on the ‘spy-cops’ bill and even on torture (though later voting against it). Labour has even abstained on the rule of six – that limits public gatherings to six people – despite claiming to support it.
While the Conservatives have toyed with raising corporation tax and capital gains tax, the Labour Party has insisted that it is wrong to consider tax hikes at this point.
These are all signs of retreat from radical reforms. The Starmerite strategy is to try and neutralise all threats from the right by conceding more and more ground.
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Joshua White 