Thread by @rakibehsan

Been asked a great deal about how Labour managed to delivered such a catastrophic performance in last month's General Election.

Here are some of my thoughts - the thrust of it is that in the ongoing 'culture battle', Labour was well and truly taken to the cleaners.

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Labour's fudging of Brexit was disastrous.

If the Labour Party offered an appealing vision of a post-Brexit, social-democratic nation-state - a policy agenda which supported political decentralisation and a 'local' approach to economic regeneration - it could have done well.

But what about the young pro-Remain voters in the core cities?

Labour could have led on this by saying:

"We know you may be disappointed with leaving the EU result. But we will offer a post-Brexit Britain where investing in you will be our priority"

Pro-democracy, pro-youth.

Labour was perfectly able to take a decisive stance on territorial disputes in the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent, but failed to articulate a clear position on the single biggest issue in UK politics - Brexit.

Hardly ideal in the build-up to a UK General Election.

And this moves neatly into my next point - the 'culture' within the Labour Party.

Momentum has established itself as a dominant force, and the party has been abused by organisations such as Novara Media and The Canary.

Labour is turning into a 'woke' social-activist 'movement'.

The 'woke' political left is doing serious damage.

It is so obsessed with white privilege, it cannot even begin to feel any sense of care and affection towards underprivileged white people.

A huge problem when trying to cultivate support in seats like Bolsover and Bassetlaw.

But the Left's problem with white working-class people, goes a bit deeper than that.

Underprivileged predominantly-white communities are now viewed as an inconvenience. Their mere existence is bothersome, as it does not fit with the prevailing narratives of white privilege.

Another 'set' of people who are seen as an inconvenience, are successful and well-resourced non-white British people who refuse to subscribe to leftist identity politics.

Such folk can expect a range of racial slurs from an increasingly intolerant Left.

Labour published a 'Race and Faith' manifesto.

It promised to establish a 'Race Equality Unit' within the Treasury to review the impact of spending commitments on "BAME communities", as well as an "Emancipation Educational Trust".

This really was peak racial identity politics.

Ultimately, Labour ran out of people who did not see them as a divisive identitarian movement. And crucially, the amount of people who see it as "anti-British" has grown.

And on key 'cultural' issues - immigration, crime, terrorism - Labour are losing in terms of public trust.

Labour, at the very least, need to adopt a more mature approach and better understand the socio-culturally conservative views of traditional working-class voters on such issues.

And it is important to note that such views are not exclusively held by white people. Not at all.

Solely whining about market capitalism will not cut it.

Good number of voters do have anxieties over under-funded public services and the erosion of workers rights.

They may also want a points-based immigration system and tougher sentences for criminals/convicted terrorists.

And yes - patriotism is going to have to play a part in the recovery process.

Many people are thankful to be British - this country is their home. There is a real sense of belonging.

If Labour sneer at such attitudes and are not trusted to keep the country safe, it's done for.

Labour need to take notice of Danish PM Mette Frederiksen (Leader of the Social Democrats).

She has spoken robustly on the negative economic impact of free-market globalism, as well as the problematic cultural effects of poorly-integrated communities.

A 'Red-Blue' politics.