Title: British Left - Wikipedia
Headings: British Left
British Left
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History
Active in Britain
Labour Party
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Magazine support
Green Party of England and Wales
Internal groups
Other organisations
Electorally active parties
Non-electoral groups
Groups supporting the Labour Party
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Active only in Scotland
Active only in Wales
Local parties
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Content: The party was subsequently criticised by some, including Tony Blair himself; as straying leftwards from the "centre ground" of British politics, and that Miliband was a "traditional left-wing" politician. However, others disputed this view, and put Labour's loss at the 2015 general election down to the party being too right-wing. The unexpected landslide victory of Jeremy Corbyn at the subsequent Labour Party leadership election in September 2015 represented a revival of the Labour left-wing and led to a huge increase in membership; in the Cabinet reshuffle that followed, John McDonnell (chairman of the Labour Representation Committee) and Diane Abbott (member of the Socialist Campaign Group) were both appointed to the Shadow Cabinet. While not winning, Labour made modest improvements at the 2017 general election which was taken as a vindication by some of the left turn. The party fell in the 2019 general election to its lowest share of seats since 1935, although many believe this was due to a complicated manifesto and Brexit policy, a poor approach to campaigning and the unpopularity of Corbyn. Labour's status as a socialist party has been disputed by those who do not see the party as being part of the Left, although the general consensus is that Labour are a left-wing political party. Internal groups
Fabian Society
Campaign for Labour Party Democracy
Progress
Open Labour
Momentum
Socialist Campaign Group
Labour Representation Committee
Centre-Left Grassroots Alliance
Magazine support
Tribune
Chartist
Green Party of England and Wales
In 2015, the membership of the Green Party quadrupled, and its support in national opinion polls sextupled. Several factors contributed, including the collapse of the Lib Dem vote, the influence of social media and greater awareness among younger people about the rise of other left-wing parties in Europe such as: