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    4 months ago

    The funniest thing is that there is no real ‘far left’ to speak of in the UK or most other western countries. What they consider ‘far left’ is in fact the moderate, left-of-centre politics which only appear more extreme because the Overton window has been dragged so far towards the right.

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      4 months ago

      Socialist Party formally militant SP, Trade Union and Socialist Coalition TUSC, Revolutionary Communist Party RCP, Socialist Workers Party SWP, Workers Party, Communist Party of Britain CPB.

      Theres a few I can name.

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        4 months ago

        And how many of them have more than a proverbial handful of members and any chance of winning seats in local or national parliaments?

        I know these parties - or parties like them - exist. I also know that they are largely way too marginal as to tip the scales of politics in any way. Unlike UKIP, RefUK, or elsewhere the AfD in Germany, RN in France, FdI in Italy, PVV in the Netherlands…