The Labour Party's leadership under Keir Starmer is facing an existential crisis, just two years after being elected to office. With a working majority of 165, the party's small target strategy and lack of vision have led to a thin and vacuous victory in the 2024 election. The author argues that Starmer's leadership is ill-suited to the current political climate, marked by polycrisis and a fragmented party system. The article explores the possibility of Labour's Pasokification, a term referring to the dramatic fall of Labour's sister party in Greece in 2009. The author highlights the party's declining poll numbers, the rise of Reform, and the loss of councillors and members. The Labour Party is losing its monopoly of opposition to the right, and many members and voters no longer view it as a progressive party. The author criticizes Starmer's lack of leadership, vision, and moral compass, arguing that he has never really been a leader of the Labour Party or Prime Minister. The article concludes that Labour must decide when to banish its ghost leader before it's too late, as the current situation is unsustainable and the party is doomed to irrelevance.
