It’s good to see more good socialist comrades in Parliament, but let’s not hail this as some great triumph of the left. The Labour left still faces two main problems: firstly, that its successes are relatively few in this regard, and secondly, that we seem to be running on borrowed time (hell, one of our ‘new candidates’ is an ex-MP!). Unless we can energise the youth and bring in a new generation of Labourites committed to socialism rather than their own careers, the Labour left will not survive.

Thank Christ for that. At last, the Labour party catches up with the great Kate Belgrave, who has called and called for lefties to take the reins of the lefty party. Steady Eddie wins the race.

Now, if you’ll just take Gordon into the john, stick his head in it, and flush until the bubbles stop, we’ll be back in business.

Call me when you’re done.

It’s typical that the New Labour machine has parachuted these people into safe seats against the wishes of local members. Just goes to show that wherever the NEC are worried about CLPs selecting lefties, they impose AWS and decide the shortlists themselves.

A few more candidates like this and we can return to the glory years of the 80s.

No compromise with the electorate!

at last