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No they're not. A lot of angry people like to say they're the same, but they are generally the people who have about as much political acumen as a potato.
Labour or not radical left wing and that seems to have annoyed a certain subsection of society, who seemed to think that everyone else should want them to be radically left wing (part of the problem being that there isn't actually a radically left-wing political party in the UK, George Galloway's party does not count on the basis he's a leech). Obviously I'd prefer radically left radically right but realistically I'm quite happy with them being left of center.
Although I will admit that sometimes they do say some stupid things.
I don't expect labour to be full blown left, just actually left rather than ever so slightly to the left of the Tories.
They're a lot left of the Tories, what do you want about? For example, they are proposing taxes on the rich, and actually doing something about climate change, pretty left leaning. Not as much as perhaps the greens or some of the independence would like, but much more than the Tories ever did, which was bugger all in both regards.
Remember that the Tories on losing voters to hard right extremists, so some of their voter base must be extremists. Labour are not losing any votes to Reform.