Labour party has lost nearly 26,000 members since mid-2016, report claims

[brooklynite]

Source: The Guardian

Labour has lost nearly 26,000 members since last summer, according to leaked data.

The apparent shedding of card-carrying supporters has led one former chairman of the parliamentary Labour party (PLP) to warn the “tide is turning”.

More than three-quarters of those to leave the party last year had joined after the 2015 general election, a period that saw membership grow rapidly under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership.

Figures reported by the Times showed the number of resignations in 2016 was more than the previous six years combined, while more than 15,465 have left since mid-December.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/mar/03/labour-party-lost-members-mid-2016

[Wounded Bear]

1. Don't know much about British politics...

is this more Brexit fallout? Just curious, and would appreciate some feedback and fleshing out of the issues from some of our British/UK siblings.

[leftynyc]

2. Corbyn is the reason

He's pitiful. I wouldn't have a party in GB.

[OnDoutside]

3. Could be anything....at the time they reduced the membership fee

To about 5 dollars, and there's a suggestion that a load of conservatives signed up so they could vote for Corbyn, knowing that he is useless.