Sunny started an important debate on Liberal Conspiracy with a post entitled A wake-up call for the left. He predicted a huge battle over where Labour goes after its election defeat and wants to start a constructive debate now with a politics that links to real energy not dire 'lines' or positioning. Bingo! How right can you be? Blunkett calls for vision. Charles Clarke says he feels shame and Paddy Ashdown reveals that Blairites will defect if Labour turns left. I've commented on the thread and wonder where sunder is and why no one from Compass has come in. Perhaps they are waiting for their conference on 13 June.
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Anthony Barnett
Anthony is the honorary president of openDemocracy. He was its founding editor-in-chief (2001-7), the co-director of The Convention on Modern Liberty (2009) and the first director of Charter 88 (1988-95). His most recent books are ‘The Lure of Greatness: England's Brexit and America's Trump’ (2017) and ‘Taking Control!: Humanity and America after Trump and the Pandemic’ (2022). He is a trustee of openTrust. His collected articles can be found on Authory and he posts on X at @AnthonyBarnett
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