"None of us are in our first flush of youth well, obviously some are, but not Yanis Varoufakis, Ken Loach or, for that matter, me. The Greek firebrand economist and the campaigning British film-maker have written an open letter imploring Your Party to stop being idiots, or in their only marginally less inflammatory language to work together in good faith."
"The only reason I would bring anyone's age into this is just a simple: how many times? How many times must everyone over the age of 18 have looked at the Labour party, its left flank, its right cadre, its sodden middle, and thought, I'm out, I'm completely out, I am no longer emotionally engaging with this, only to be dragged back in by sheer desperation, to find once again that we were right the first time?"
Yanis Varoufakis and Ken Loach co-signed an open letter urging cooperation within a new left-wing party. The party launched amid internal confusion when co-leader Zarah Sultana announced the joint leadership without informing the other leader. Jeremy Corbyn expressed only lukewarm support while suggesting Sultana would help build an alternative to Labour addressing poverty, inequality and war. The party initially had no name and faced mocking suggestions online. Recent events include the proscription of Palestine Action and provocative commentary in the Spectator, contributing to a perception that the right currently displays greater confidence than the left.
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