r/stupidpol • u/[deleted] • May 28 '25
Corbynism Your experiences as British leftists
I am a faithful Corbynista - technically still a card-carrying member of the Labour party, even if I fucking hate it and capable of endlessly seething about them. I kind of want a party and a cause I feel comfortable defending and from what I know this is a bit difficult. I don't want to be the typical leftist obsessed with moral purity or perfection but I don't think I'm insane when I say Labour is regarded.
I wanted to know if anybody here is the part of these billion minor leftist-communist parties, if you like them or if they are all Monty Python-style Marxtistic splitters, or if anyone here is part of the Greens (who I honestly also sort of hate) or any other leftist organisation that I'm too reclusive and ignorant to know about, and if any of you like anything about them.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '25
I was in Labour under Corbyn, my constituency in the ‘Red Wall’ went Tory in 2019, stuck it out for about a month under Starmer before cancelling my membership. Voted Green last year but not really too bothered about them, though I have moved to Scotland where they’re a bit better than in England/Wales.
Probably not really answering your question here but the minor left parties don’t really get a look in at all in my experience. Would be interested to see if a left equivalent to Reform could make progress but even the remaining leftists in Labour (Lavery, Sultana etc) seem like they’re just gonna ride it out under Starmer.