It's a fun counterfactual now, but I think Corbyn would have absolutely crashed and burned. A bunch of the most appalling crusties and half-wits in Labour - a rag-tag bunch of antisemites, Assan… (View Post)

I agree with those saying he'd not win a by-election anywhere at the moment. The one route, though, would be to make him party leader and "PM designate" with an immediate general elect… (View Post)

I think your view as to the level of pressure people were under at Number 10 is entirely overblown. It's a busy job, lots going on, unprecedented times, you're working with bellends like Cu… (View Post)

I suppose there are two reasons someone might do it. Firstly, there is a decent argument, if that person beats expectations by losing badly but not disastrously, that they should stay on as party lea… (View Post)

There are at least a couple of problems with that. The first is the, "as did many other people" argument. That is probably so, but many did not. There were lots of people who religiously fo… (View Post)