A bit of Labour bashing as Jacobin responds to Labour's narrow win in Batley and Spen
(jacobinmag.com)https://jacobinmag.com/2021/07/labour-party-england-batley-and-spen-election-keir-starmer-kim-leadbeaterI noticed various inconsistencies in the article. The author hopes for a coalition uniting Muslim immigrants (who want to help the Palestinians) with traditional working class voters (who blame Labour for admitting so many Muslims to Yorkshire). The author also hopes that Labour can win votes by standing "up against injustice internationally" while attributing the election win to focusing "almost exclusively on local issues — from fly-tipping to safer roads — which would more typically be the preserve of council elections." Nevertheless, an interesting perspective on Batley and Spen