John Harris goes on an absurdist recruitment drive to find out if anyone would join
Ed Miliband is full of talk about Labour attracting new members in their thousands. The big idea, brought to the UK from a one-time mentor of Barack Obama, is ‘community activism’. But how does it play on the streets of the south coast? Can you put jump leads on a 100-year-old political party?
Why would anyone join the Labour Party? To stop the Tories? Anymore questions?