https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labour-members-flee-party-over-gaza

LABOUR membership is plummeting according to figures reported to the party’s national executive committee this week.

It has dropped by 25,000 in the first two months of 2024 alone, doubtless as a consequence of the Starmer leadership’s full support for Israeli aggression in Gaza.

The total is now 355,000, more than 200,000 down on its Corbyn-era peak.

This contrasts with the ascending membership figures in the period before Labour won the 1997 general election.

The financial impact of the drop will be mitigated, at the very least, by the party’s increasing reliance on large donations from rich backers.

In a further setback for Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, an attempt to bounce the executive into endorsing a new undemocratic structure for Labour BAME members failed, despite prior commitments to establish a democratic and self-organising body.

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https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labour-members-flee-party-over-gaza