Will Starmer's Purge of the Labour Left Backfire?

Ever since Sunak called the General Election, Starmer seems to be having a pretty good time in the polls, and the only negative press he's really had is the accusation of purging left-wing candidates inside the party. In this video, we're taking a look at the accusations, how much power the Labour Party really has and look at instances of the purge.

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[FishareFriendsNotFood]

6:15 Seriously? The Daily Show is headed by Jon Stewart, a Jewish man, and that clip is a balanced take on the American politics over Israel. Censorship is getting out of hand if merely liking that clip is too controversial.

[industrialmonk]

You have ignored all the labour party members that have been allegedly investigated but are effectively permanently excluded as no actual conclusion is ever determined.

[pearsonm]

The fact Luke akenhurst, an non Jewish man, is still in after calling non Zionist Jewish people not really Jewish proves that

[johnmanpls]

Before watching: yes

After watching: yes

[ijm]

I’m a working class voter. The Labour Party left me a long time ago. The tories will be rightfully smashed, but Labour needs to be radically reformed or it will be next and anyone thinking things will be much better in the next five years is deluded.

[WinterTor]

Haven’t watched yet: yes, he has


After: *still yes*

[windwakerrules]

6:17 if you viewed that clip as "anti-semitic" then peanut butter is also "anti-semitic" because peanut putter is eaten by pro hummus people.

[aleccino]

Faiza Shaheen not being allowed to stand because of tweets she liked TEN YEARS AGO is diabolical.

[roryfriththetraveller]

TLDR yes, but some of these reasons for being deselected are uh .. bad
there are so many reasons before we get to "liking another party's posts 10 years ago", seriously dredging the bottom of the barrel. weirdly enough you can agree with other people without joining them

[Fro_Jangles]

Were sorry ma’am, you can’t run for office because you liked a tweet by John Stewart made 8 years ago

[napoleonfeanor]

I think local party chapters should choose their candidate, period. This centralisation is bad and not very democratic. The constant constituency changes also make the whole system silly.

[regarded]

3:04 Problematic is the absolute worst word to use to describe something, because it doesn't actually mean anything.

We know there must be a problem because otherwise you wouldn't mention it, but what is the bloody problem?

[alex]

People saying that liking a Tweet featuring a Jon Stewart clip antisemitic is so dishonest.

[sherpafan]

If all Faiza Shaheen did to get delisted as a candidate was 'like' a Green Party tweet and one from The Daily Show outlining how powerful the Israeli lobby in the US is, then that is absolutely ridiculous.

[gameofender]

With a majority looking almost guaranteed. It makes sense that Starmer would want to restructure the party to exactly how he wants it.

[Skygrey]

Yes and often under the guise of punishing anti semitism.

[neilfletcher]

NOT only will he... He has it's there for all to see... IF you care to look

[tobeytransport]

I’m not on the left in the context of British progressivism, I am a liberal, but my party (and many other parties as well) has democratic processes for everything and when I look at the Tories, Reform and Labour it looks like a dictatorship in the tories and reform and authoritarian within Labour… do as you’re told by the leader or your out.
Parties should reflect the will of their members, ordinary citizens who group together based on a broad ideology, not a top down command by a single leader.

[ronanmcw]

Haven't watched yet, but the answer is yes. Labour will win this election with a landslide, but will struggle in future elections as Labour's grassroots movement and local campaigning is overwhelmingly Left- alienate them and Labour loses it's boots on the ground. As the late Tony Benn said - Labour needs both it's wings to fly.

[Infinitystar]

What's the point in not voting Tory when Labour are just turning into them?