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Keir Starmer abandoned net zero to court Reform voters. He failed
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There was a whole bunch of internal drama and in-fighting, hopefully they've straightened the ship up a bit since. They've said that they see the Green Party as allies, whatever that means, so if they run at all at the next General Election, I would assume that they do so under some sort of agreement with the Greens not to split the left vote. Long story short, they're still just cooking away quietly in the background, whether they have any real influence on UK politics more broadly remains to be seen
My guess is that, after losing the leadership faction-fight to Corbyn, Zahra Sultana will disappear.
It's probably better that Your Party's members favored Corbyn, but he's got some issues that a more self-aware leader would compensate by selecting other party leaders to fill the gaps. So far, I haven't seen that happening.
The Greens look like a better option. We'll see how they do once the press start attacking them, which will happen now that the billionaires and fascists recognise them as a threat. Polansky's been good at pushing back against media idiocy so far, but it's early days.