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    1. …in reply to @mcclure111
      @mcclure111 In the UK, we have a big gap in left representation - Corbyn leading a huge youth vote.
  1. …in reply to @v21
    @mcclure111 The Labour Party has a pipeline, but the people controlling that pipeline were dogmatic centrists until... well, basically now.
    1. …in reply to @v21
      @mcclure111 Just as long as the key oldies hold on a few more years, and the (active) efforts to recruit, train & season actual leftists succeed.
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        @mcclure111 (in the US, this seems to take the form of those programs to train people to run, usually in trad R states
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          @mcclure111 In the UK, look for the arguments about Momentum vs CLPs and deselection)