“The truth is that despite his enormous achievements in inspiring a new generation of members, Jeremy’s first promise as leader was never fulfilled,” he said. “The party was never democratised on the scale or to the extent that members were led to expect. In his article, Lewis went on to criticise the party’s 2019 manifesto for being a “shopping-list of rather disconnected policies”. Lewis also called for Labour to embrace proportional representation, which would likely necessitate working with other parties on the left in order to form a government. “I don’t want to manage the labour movement, I want to unleash it,” he said.

Source: The Guardian December 19, 2019 18:00 UTC