I am, in general, a supporter of Keir Starmer's. You have to win power to be able to use it to help people, Starmer knows that and the left of the Labour party does not. However, this article is not good. I would discount it from some of Chakrabortty's colleagues with a Corbynite axe to grind, but Chakrabortty himself is typically excellent.

You cannot build a party or a government on only one viewpoint. The Tories keep making that mistake and look where it's taking them.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/08/jamie-driscoll-labour-keir-starmer-north-of-tyne-mayor?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#theguardian #adityachakrabortty #uklabour

Good article by #AdityaChakrabortty on the #DianneAbbott furore:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/27/diane-abbott-racism-letter-racial-politics

I’d have picked out those massive anti-black racists at the top of the #LabourParty who abused her so appallingly (still nothing done about that), a little more strongly, & #Starmer’s very clear #HierarchyofRacism (#Forde report anyone?)

But overall points well made: balanced and fair.

Good article by #AdityaChakrabortty on the #DianneAbbott furore:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/27/diane-abbott-racism-letter-racial-politics

I’d have picked out those massive anti-black racists at the top of the #LabourParty who abused her so appallingly (still@nothing done about that), a little more strongly, & #Starmer’s very clear #HierarchyofRacism (#Forde report anyone?)

But overall points well made: balanced and fair.

Rats, mould, damp: one woman’s story reveals the ugly truth about the UK’s biggest housing association
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/17/uk-housing-association-clarion-home-owners-renters?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#Housing
#Poverty
#AdityaChakrabortty

Suella Braverman proved it again: racism is a fire the Tories love to play with https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/19/suella-braverman-racism-tories-holocaust?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#AdityaChakrabortty
#MikeCole