{"id":85243,"date":"2025-08-22T07:43:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T06:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=85243"},"modified":"2025-08-22T07:43:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T06:43:35","slug":"the-new-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/08\/22\/the-new-left\/","title":{"rendered":"The new left"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ipsos Mori put out a poll yesterday<\/a>, about which they noted:<\/p>\n

One in five (20%) British adults would consider voting for a new left-wing party founded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana. The party's appeal is strongest among young people, with one-third (33%) of 16-34s considering it, alongside a third of 2024 Labour voters (33%) and 43% of 2024 Green Party voters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The data was as follows, assuming no alliance between a new party and the Greens:<\/p>\n

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This is the data if it was assumed there were to be an alliance between the Greens and this new party, making the chance of winning in first-past-the-post elections very much more\u00a0likely:<\/p>\n

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Labour would be massively damaged, is the message.<\/p>\n

The combined support might well challenge Farage.<\/p>\n

Now, of course, this is an opinion poll. I know all the risks of extrapolation. But the message is clear: there is hunger for a left-wing alternative in our society that requires a response, and it is not going to get it from Labour at present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ipsos Mori put out a poll yesterday, about which they noted: One in five (20%) British adults would consider voting for a new left-wing party
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