All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
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Ramsay Macdonald’s betrayal of 1931 is a warning to Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves not to try and ‘out-orthodox’ the Conservatives on cuts and spending, writes JOE GILL
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COULD a future prime minister Keir Starmer and chancellor Rachel Reeves follow the disastrous example of Ramsay MacDonald in the crisis of 1931 and go into coalition with the Conservatives?
It sounds unthinkable now, but if Labour does not win a big majority in the next election, and faces ongoing financial difficulties caused by global economic headwinds, a Labour government could be under pressure to cut spending. A minority of MPs from the left of the party could well oppose such moves to assuage the financial markets and vote against them.
Starmer has tried to control the selection of MPs to weed out anyone who would potentially oppose him in office, but that still leaves a number of Labour MPs who could vote against further austerity measures in future.
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