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An inevitable division: the politics and consequences of the Labour split

It’s the changing nature of class and capital that’s caused this split – and should shape the Left’s response to it. But discussing class meaningfully is the last media taboo.

By Jeremy Gilbert
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Image: The Labour MPs who announced their resignation from the party yesterday. Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Images, all rights reserved.

This week’s split of several MPs from the Parliamentary Labour Party comes as no surprise at all. It’s been clear since the moment of Corbyn’s election as leader that a section of the most right-wing and/or most ambitious MPs would simply never be able to reconcile themselves either to his leadership or to a Labour Party composed mainly of his supporters. This is probably a large section: about a third of the current PLP would be a reasonable estimate.

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