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Platform parties vs plutocrat PR: welcome to the future of UK politics
Adam Ramsay - 10 September 2018
Deserted by members, right-wing parties serve the rich, while people have flocked to centre and left alternatives, only to be smeared as "dogs" and "Trots".
The SNP has more members than the Conservatives. Labour is the biggest it’s been since the Sixties. The Lib Dems recruited nearly 20,000 people over 2017 and are the biggest they’ve been in 20 years, and the Greens have around twice as many members as UKIP.
These figures, published by the House of Commons library last week, tell an important story about the future of our politics.... See more
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