Labour left despair over Starmer needs to be put into perspective. Labour has just snapped back into its default position, a leftish of centre party that accommodates and conciliates with existing power structures. That’s the history of Labour. 1/3

Labour is a soft left party. That’s the truth of the matter - sometimes it has swung behind left leaders (Foot, Corbyn) sometimes behind right wing leaders like Blair. It swings between a transformative strategy or an integrationist one depending on an electoral calculation 2/3

Of which will be more popular. The fact is Labour will still be a site of ideological struggle and millions of people will still want Labour elected to kick out the Tories. But how much energy and time you give to a right ward moving Labour Party is of course your choice. 3/3

4/3(?) But nothing is happening that Marxists couldn’t have predicted or explained. It is all to do with Labour’s class composition and the nature and social character of its political leadership.