{"id":68268,"date":"2023-03-05T08:29:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T08:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=68268"},"modified":"2023-03-05T08:30:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T08:30:35","slug":"should-left-leaning-politicians-and-powerful-figures-begin-a-new-party-to-pressure-starmers-labour-in-the-way-ukip-pressured-and-changed-the-tories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2023\/03\/05\/should-left-leaning-politicians-and-powerful-figures-begin-a-new-party-to-pressure-starmers-labour-in-the-way-ukip-pressured-and-changed-the-tories\/","title":{"rendered":"Should left-leaning politicians and powerful figures begin a new party to pressure Starmer\u2019s Labour in the way UKIP pressured and changed the Tories?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This poll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2023\/03\/04\/did-boris-johnson-mislead-parliament\/#comment-921310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was suggested by Kirtsy<\/a> in a comment here yesterday and seemed to be popular as a question needing an answer.<\/p>\n<p>So, here it is:<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-5\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Should left-leaning politicians and powerful figures begin a new party to pressure Starmer\u2019s Labour in the way UKIP pressured and changed the Tories?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-5-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li>Yes <small>(75%, 2,332 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 75%;\" title=\"Yes (75% | 2,332 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>No <small>(15%, 461 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 15%;\" title=\"No (15% | 461 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>Wait and see <small>(5%, 169 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 5%;\" title=\"Wait and see (5% | 169 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>I'm abstaining, but show me the results anyway <small>(5%, 158 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 5%;\" title=\"I&#039;m abstaining, but show me the results anyway (5% | 158 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Total Voters: <strong>3,120<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_5_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"150bf7ef61\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-5-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<p>For what it is worth, I think so, but that care will be required. Any such party has to be seen to be capable of having its own opinion, and not be controlled by any one interest if it is to attract wide support.<\/p>\n<p>I should add a caveat as well: I doubt I will ever engage in party politics. But I could act as an adviser, as I am to others already.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This poll was suggested by Kirtsy in a comment here yesterday and seemed to be popular as a question needing an answer. 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