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Originally Posted by Osem
You do have to wonder how Labour has 'evolved' into a party in which the only serious challenger to an out of touch lefty dinosaur is a total tool. Is the rose tinted cupboard really that bare? Where are the 'heavweights' who not too long ago would have been or seen themselves as cabinet members? FGS just look at Corbyn's shadow cabinet. Who'd have thought things could be so bad that Miliband and Balls would seem almost credible when compared to the current incumbents.
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Well they have been sidelined. Miliband opened up the membership to try and dilute the power of the union bosses over the party. The UK however doesn't have mass membership of political parties so this new membership system saw a committed bunch of activists come in and take over the party.