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'Labour won't win back left defectors with squeeze messaging alone'

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By Matthew McGregor, Matthew Mcgregor
| LabourList Verified
Joseph McNamara, a 77-year old man living in Gorton, told the Independent last week why he had switched from voting Labour to voting Green in the by-election. “Starmer is for the higher-ups rather than the lower-downs. He promises things and says, ‘Oh yes I’ll do this, do that’. At the end of the day nothing happens.” Much of the media commentary about collapse in support for Labour since 2024 has focused on those Labour voters who now say they’ll vote for Farage’s Reform party.
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Revolt on the Left report publication

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By Matthew McGregor, Matthew Mcgregor
| 38 Degrees
Mar 5th, 2026 By Matthew McGregor Today we’ve published new research with Persuasion UK which looks at the growing “revolt on the left”. By this, we mean the voters Labour is losing to the Green Party, plus the Liberal Democrats and nationalist parties. This is published a week on from Labour’s loss of the Gorton and Denton by-election to the Greens.
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My favourite books this year

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By Matthew McGregor, Matthew Mcgregor
| LinkedIn
There’s more to life than books you know, but not much more. I’ve tended to shy away from doing book lists in case I look like Chris Finch from 'The Office' boasting, "I read a book a week, me". However, I’ve had so many good recommendations from other people’s lists in the past that this year I’m going to take the risk of looking like a bore and sharing my favourites from 2025. In no particular order, here’s the ten best books I’ve read this year.
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