I have been a Labour party member since 1996. I will never forget the feeling of elation on the morning after the landslide 1997 victory. But now I feel a sense of dread before I go to local branch meetings in Stroud Green. After the meetings I, like most active members, tend to socialise in the pub together with new Corbynistas as well the pre-2015 stalwarts. But that has become increasingly uncomfortable for me.
I am neither a member of Momentum nor Progress. Before Jeremy Corbyn became leader I had not given much thought to which wing of the Labour Party I was on. That was until very recently when my place in the party was defined for me.
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