Listen "Labour's Factions: How Did Things Get Hyperfactional? with Jeremy Gilbert and Alan Finlayson"
Episode Synopsis
In the second instalment in this miniseries, Compass Director Neal Lawson sits down to chat to long-time Compass intellectual contributors - and hosts of their own podcast Culture, Power and Politics - Professor Jeremy Gilbert and Professor Alan Finlayson. The three discuss the history of factions within the Labour Party, from its inception through the New Labour era and now to the Starmer-McSweeney hyperfaction, and the consequences that has both for the party and for democracy in Britain today.Support the showEnjoyed the podcast and want to be a live audience member at our next episode? Want to have the chance in raising questions to the panelist?Support our work and be a part of the Compass community. Become a member!You can find us on Twitter at @CompassOffice.
More episodes of the podcast It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast
2025 Budget – Will They Fudge It? With Clive Lewis MP, Erin Mansell and Michael Jacobs | ep. 137
01/12/2025
The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney, and the Crisis of British Democracy with Paul Holden
30/10/2025
In Conversation with Nish Kumar | ep. 135
25/10/2025
Labour's Autumn of Discontent | ep. 133
30/09/2025
The Starmer Symptom with Mark Perryman
22/09/2025
ZARZA We are Zarza, the prestigious firm behind major projects in information technology.