https://theloop.ecpr.eu/is-corbynism-an-ism-or-is-it-dead/ ECPR's Political Science Blog Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:45:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://theloop.ecpr.eu/is-corbynism-an-ism-or-is-it-dead/#comment-3241 Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:45:44 +0000 https://theloop.ecpr.eu/?p=3559#comment-3241 As someone who left the Labour Party (after being a member for more than 20 years) I think you have missed an important point about the Ultra Corbynites.
We have not rejected the Parliamentary route per se.
We feel it cannot be taken at present because NO-ONE IN PARLIAMENT IS REPRESENTING US.
Certainly not the Starmerite Lanbour Party, busy subverting internal democracy, imposing top down control, reducing the power of the membership at Conference and ensuring that right wing MPs cannot be removed by their CLPs whilst left wing candidates for PPC cannot stand (barred by the NEC after an intensive trawl of everything they ever posted on twitter, even as a joke).
Working outside of conventional political groupings is not something we "ultras" chose. It was forced on us because conventional politics has now reached levels of corruption not seen since the 18th century, and is not representing the electorate.
If Parliament is a law unto itself, and MPs can ignore and lie to their constituents and party members with complete impunity, democracy can't work.
Hence, what you call the ultras are forced to work outside it: there is no way to achieve their aims within the Parliamentary system.

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