The left can’t shape Starmerism – it must resist it
Socialists cannot simply decide whether or not to pick a fight with the Labour leader – he has continually fought them.
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Oliver Eagleton
Oliver Eagleton is an assistant editor of New Left Review and author of The Starmer Project.
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