All over student campuses the toy town Trots of the Socialist Workers Party are trying to exploit the the swing to the left by the Labour Party. Cadre have been given their marching orders:

“Comrades should continue to relate to Labour Party events and meetings. We will often be welcomed by some, derided by others. This should not stop us continuing to relate in a comradely way. If we combine a united front method with ideological clarity, the SWP can make the most of an exciting new situation.”

One seasoned observer of the hard left tells Guido that the SWP’s renewed focus on Corbyn’s Labour Party could be seen as a defensive rather than an entryist tactic. Labour is now attracting the naively hard-left socialist student types who would previously have joined the SWP…