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There are some new (and old) faces on the left of British politics hoping to challenge Keir Starmer鈥檚 struggling Labour government, but could a party to the left of Labour ever win power?

His predecessor Jeremy Corbyn has setup a new party with another former Labour MP, Zarah Sultana, who has declared that 鈥淟abour is dead鈥�.

And the Green Party of England and Wales has elected eco-populist Zack Polanski, who is urging left-leaning voters to back him rather than waiting around for Corbyn鈥檚 party to get off the ground.

The journalist and political commentator Ash Sarkar has written a book called 鈥楳inority Rule鈥�, which argues that the Left has become bogged down in identity politics and needs to stop fighting the culture wars so it can focus on building a broad coalition of support.

A contributing editor at left-wing media organisation Novara Media, Ash discusses the radical potential for a Marxist approach to contemporary British politics and why she thinks Karl Marx would鈥檝e loved Twitter.

She also talks to Amol about why she can鈥檛 think of a 鈥榙umber group of people鈥� than Keir Starmer鈥檚 cabinet and what lies behind the recent success of Nigel Farage's Reform UK.

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Episodes of Radical with Amol Rajan are released every Thursday and you can also watch them on 麻豆社 iPlayer: /iplayer/episodes/m002f1d0/radical-with-amol-rajan

Amol Rajan is a presenter of the Today programme on 麻豆社 Radio 4. He is also the host of University Challenge on 麻豆社 One. Before that, Amol was media editor at the 麻豆社 and editor at The Independent.

Radical with Amol Rajan is a Today Podcast. It was made by Lewis Vickers with Grace Reeve and Izzy Rowley. Digital production was by Gabriel Purcell-Davis. Technical production was by Mike Regaard and Dafydd Evans. The editor is Sam Bonham. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths.