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/101/ UK Election: A Disaster Foretold

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On how Labour lost.

Was it Brexit that did for Labour? In what sense? What now for the British Left - and for democracy?

Running order:

  • (02:40) Opening chat
  • (05:15) The electoral map, the generational divide
  • (21:46) Class
  • (33:52) The leadership and the media
  • (48:10) Holding our prediction to account
  • (53:30) Reaction of various Labour factions 
  • (01:03:10) Future of left-populism

    • Readings:

    • How class, turnout and the Brexit party shaped the general election result, Financial Times
  • The Failure of the Left to Grasp Brexit, Michael Wilkinson, Verfassungs Blog
  • Anti-politics & the last gasp of British Labourism, Tad Tietze, Left-Flank
  • Hate to say it, but #BrexitWouldveWon, Alex Hochuli
  • Don’t blame Corbyn or Brexit: Labour failed to rage against the hated political system, Adam Ramsay, openDemocracy

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