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The Return of the Left in Britain

Will Your Party ever move beyond its infighting? And how can we build a mass political culture and a socialist worldview in Britain?

5 December 2025

The Return of the Left in Britain

The Your Party conference saw the adoption of a collective membership model, expulsions, boycotts, and a promise to fight for socialist politics in Britain. 

While the abject failure of Starmer’s Labour and the looming threat of the rise of Reform makes it clear that we urgently need a real alternative, many are left feeling disoriented, and disillusioned by the infighting.

These books analyse the prospects for parliamentary socialism, the history of the British Left, and the challenges any new party will have to overcome.

Your Party: The Return of the Left

"Finally, a serious blueprint for a party that wields power for the many, not the few. This book must be read and discussed broadly." — Yanis Varoufakis, author of Technofeudalism

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Parliamentary Socialism

How can we build both parliamentary power and popular power, and what is the relationship between the two?

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The State of Democracy

Books on the undermining of British democracy from police suppression of protests, to the struggle for the right to vote.

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Thatcherism and The Tory Party

Understanding the rise and fall of the Conservative Party, and its potential future.

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The Crises Facing Britain Today

Powerful insights into how we got here and what we must do in order to save Britain from becoming a failed state.

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  • The Vote
    The culmination of a lifetime’s work by the celebrated journalist and historian Paul Foot, The Vote tells the thrilling story of how the universal franchise was secured in Britain, and the slow ero...
  • The BBC
    The BBC is one of the most important institutions in Britain; it is also one of the most misunderstood. Despite its claim to be independent and impartial, and the constant accusations of a libera...

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