Post by Totheleft on Feb 6, 2024 17:01:27 GMT
There are also fears among centrist Labour figures that members of hard left groups - who previously did not have their views represented at the top of the Labour Party - are joining up in a new bout of "entryism," of the kind that plagued the party in the 1980s.
Then Labour leader Neil Kinnock fought a long battle with the Militant Tendency, a group accused of attempting to infiltrate the party and gain key positions to further its revolutionary socialist agenda.
'Witch hunt'
The Trade Union and Socialist Coalition, which includes the Socialist Workers Party and which stood against Labour in 135 seats at the general election, has dismissed claims of entryism as a Blairite fantasy.
Left Unity, a left wing party founded by film director Ken Loach, which fought 10 seats in May, has complained of a "witch hunt".
Then Labour leader Neil Kinnock fought a long battle with the Militant Tendency, a group accused of attempting to infiltrate the party and gain key positions to further its revolutionary socialist agenda.
'Witch hunt'
The Trade Union and Socialist Coalition, which includes the Socialist Workers Party and which stood against Labour in 135 seats at the general election, has dismissed claims of entryism as a Blairite fantasy.
Left Unity, a left wing party founded by film director Ken Loach, which fought 10 seats in May, has complained of a "witch hunt".