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Stephen Bush

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Also the reverse dynamic is why the Labour right has yet to have a great second team, as it were: it gets so much of its energy and its best people from lefties moving right.

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Pups's avatar Pups @andrew.graysky.social
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Interesting. Not considered that

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Richard Gadsden's avatar Richard Gadsden @po8crg.gadsden.online
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They tend to move right as they see practical problems with delivering and a lot of them still have the same ideals they had as lefties - but that realisation is much harder to achieve during a Labour government.

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Alun Ephraim's avatar Alun Ephraim @alunephraim.bsky.social
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And a lot of the better ones who don't have that background were and are quite idiosyncratic. Which is not a bad thing, but does limit the numbers.

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