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Labour and the left: a history of contention
It's nothing new — disciplinary action against those advocating policies to the left of what is usually a right-wing Labour leadership has been a consistent feature of the party since the 1930s, writes KEITH FLETT
Left against right: Corbyn’s suspension has already restarted the debate about whether the left should stay in the Labour Party and fight the right, or leave and form a separate organisation

AFTER weeks of abstaining on key issues such as the SpyCops Bill Keir Starmer finally took some decisive action at the end of October. Unfortunately, but perhaps predictably, it did not mean fighting the Tories but rather sparking an internal war in the Labour Party.

Starmer suspended the immediate past leader Jeremy Corbyn because he disagreed with his response to the EHRC report into anti-semitism in the Labour Party, despite, according to the BBC, assuring him the previous day that he planned not to.

It remains to be seen where this ends up, but hopefully with the early reinstatement of Corbyn.

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