No need for the sarcasm, I also have eyes and live within this political landscape. The original question is whether a backbench Labour MP has more power to affect policy inside or outside the party, and my point is that I can see the arguments for staying.

Respectfully, you don't know anything about me to be calling me naive. My original point is that I don't think it's fair to Nadia to say she supports the government when she clearly doesn't.

Farage vs. left Labour MPs is not the same fight when they have very different resources available to them. I'm not saying it's impossible, but they're working under very different conditions!

And Farage is also funded by the super-rich, dominates our media landscape, and has been propped up by the far-right internationally. Could you say the same for any MPs who have left the Labour Party?

Look, it's just very frustrating that a handful of very genuine Labour MPs get told every day that they're staying in the party for personal gain or because they secretly agree with the policies. I think it's ungenerous, and I would go so far as to say it's very unkind.

But it can and does have tangible effects alongside other actions, such as media rounds, private meetings, letters, questions, and debates in Parliament. The most recent Labour rebellion over disability benefits cuts meant that hundreds of thousands of people kept their benefits!

I don't think it's working well, and it's clearly a huge struggle. But what's the alternative, and does it actually build more power? I imagine these are the questions many Labour MPs are asking themselves right now.

They can clearly see that they have far more power to influence policy in real-time inside a governing party than outside of it.

You can disagree with the fact that some progressive Labour MPs are staying in the party, but it's unfair to jump to the conclusion that it’s because they support everything the government does or because of self-interest.

Your analysis is incredibly ungenerous to Nadia and all the work she does fighting for her values within the party. Firstly, social media is one of the ways MPs put pressure on their leadership and subsequent policies, and secondly, MPs do far more work outside of social media than we'll ever know.

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