A\u00a0political party has members at its base and , depending on how successful it is, it has elected representatives in local, regional and national government. Labour is a Movement and has a formal link and relationship to most, though no longer all, trade unions. Normally there is lively debate between members and the party leadership in all political parties. These are democratic institutions in a land of free speech, so people can say what they think, more especially in politics. But broadly, although every political\u00a0party is something of a coalition, everyone pulls in the same direction. If they don’t they go nowhere.<\/p>\n
But in Labour now there is a rift so glaring and a naval gazing fest so addictive, that the party is becoming arguably\u00a0unleadable and certainly \u00a0unelectable. There is a schism between the majority of the party in parliament and the majority of its members in the country. This Blog\u00a0will not now explore the whys and\u00a0wherefores, as many previous posts\u00a0have done that.<\/p>\n
But it is important to warn\u00a0that unless this stops, there will be\u00a0massacre at the polls\u00a0for Labour, whenever an election takes place. Nobody wants everlasting Tory government in England, even Tories.\u00a0The parliamentary Labour party must set aside its hate of Corbyn and get on with the demanding job of Opposition. Never mind their own problems because their country has many more. And they come first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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