Tag: Generation

And according to a recent YouGov-Times poll, Corbyn’s Labour Party is one point behind the Conservatives in voting intention. There is no immediate election on the horizon in the United Kingdom. But there is little doubt that Corbyn’s forces have consolidated their hold on the Labour Party, that the party did better than expected in the 2017 election and that Corbyn is no longer unthinkable as a future prime minister. Corbyn supporters regard themselves as part of a people-powered social movement — dedicated to economic equality and environmental protection, opposed to militarism and in revolt against a compromised establishment. In the United States, this tendency on the left is reinforced by President Trump’s consolidation of power in the Republican Party. His vulnerability is taken not as an opportunity to build a broad political coalition against Trumpism — but as a chance to win without compromise. So this trend on the left is not found everywhere equally. We demand passion, not patience.” Some progressives talk of California — with its political argument between left and lefter — as a model for the nation. Describing our politics as a new civil war, they argue: “At some point, one side or the other must win — and win big. On the left, the same is increasingly true.