75 years ago the Labour Party did something far more radical and left wing than ever before or since. They formed the NHS. Don't forget that they were up against the nations darling war hero, Churchill, in the 1945 election. The right has never forgiven them and has been trying to demolish that good work ever since. The left wing, which is, or should be, the heart of the Labour Party became too complacent and thought that people would remember it was them who gave the nation free health care, a proper nationalised energy and transport policy and a secure old age. The right knew that people were fickle so the tempted them with Thatcher's cheap housing (I have an otherwise sane friend who still reveres the blessed Maggie because she got him on the housing ladder) and, more recently, they have even tried to reincarnate the Churchillian spirit with the blonde buffoon and Brexit.

Labour do need the left wing but it needs the vision and leadership of a new Atlee. Corbyn had the vision but was severely lacking in leadership. Starmer is a centrist puppet for the media. The party needs someone like Mick Lynch to provide focus and drive. Joe and Jane need to see the face that Labour presented 8n 1945.