Black text om a blue background: "Reform – already splintering with the departure of Rupert Lowe to form the even further right Restore Britain – may yet tear itself apart.
On one side are those who desire a monstrous hybrid of Powellite racism with Americanised pseudo-Christian culture war; on the other are the ex-Tories who want to transform it into Conservatism 2.0, cleansed of Cameron-era nods to social progress.
But it would be unwise for the left to write the party off too soon, however much hope there may be for its demise."
Beneath the text, an attribution to "James Butler, in LRB"
James Butler's article on #GortonAndDenton in #LRB is astute, especially about the strategic folly of the so-called "#LabourParty". A fine read: https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/february/just-voting / https://archive.is/xgwDa
But I was very struck by Butler's […]
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