Many thousands of people seem to feel that way and have resigned their membership. The turnaround from a growing party that felt like a social movement to Sir Keir Starmer’s bland, beige leadership is too disheartening. Unable or unwilling to take on the government, Labour’s MPs try to demonstrate they have some power by taking on their own left wing. It’s a displacement activity for MPs with the spirit of middle managers, which impresses media pundits but leaves voters uninspired and members demotivated. Labour’s Establishment — its MPs and officials — reacted to the Corbyn-era influx of new members and new enthusiasm for socialism like an infection.