Meet the groups trying to create a new leftwing party – and channel the energy missing from Starmer’s Labour | Andy Beckett

A growing range of leftists, from young ex-Corbynistas to union veterans, are becoming convinced that a new leftwing party is both necessary and timely.

To some British socialists, setting up an alternative to Labour increasingly seems a necessity rather than a luxury.

The electoral system’s bias against new parties is showing signs of breaking down.

There is already talk of Labour MPs defecting from the parliamentary party for opposing the two -child benefit cap.

People involved in Party Time ? repeatedly cited to me how Nigel Farage had radicalised the Tories .

By attracting Labour dissidents, it could complete Starmer ’s purge of the left.