COMMENT: Why Corbyn still matters Sir Keir Starmer is ill-advised to kick Jeremy Corbyn out without a plan for filling the void of anti-racism, writes Lester Holloway
SIR KEIR Starmer declared today that Jeremy Corbyn will not stand for Labour again. That, however, is not the end of the matter.by the race equality think tank, the Runnymede Trust, after the 2017 general election showed almost stratospheric levels of support for Labour from black and Muslim voters.
Ethnicity has long been the single most significant determinant of voting intentions for historical reasons, which Lord Ashcroft’s 2012 Degrees of SeparationYet the degree of enthusiasm Corbyn attracted was not due to historical allegiances, but for two overlapping contemporary reasons.hit black communities hardest
And second, his record of campaigning, including against Apartheid, convinced people he broadly understood them. With Diane Abbott by his side many could see anti-racism shining through his politics. Who can we look to with confidence knowing they truly have the interests of working class black communities at heart?
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