Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer plans to reform the way the party’s leader is elected, but is facing stiff resistance from the left wing of the party, which has warned the move could trigger a “civil war.” The current “one member, one vote” system introduced under former Labour leader Ed Miliband was widely seen as a key factor in the election of Jeremy Corbyn as party leader in 2015, when thousands of far left activists joined and swung the party further to the left. Starmer has proposed a return to an “electoral college” system made up of the unions and affiliate organisations, MPs, and party members, giving unions and MPs a greater say. “Our rules as they are right now focus us inwards to spend too much time talking to and about ourselves, and they weaken the link with our unions,” he said. “These are two things that have got …
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