He was interviewed on Channel 4 news last night, and when asked if he was going to stand for deputy leader he gave a fairly swift "no". When asked about standing as leader, however, his answer wasn't quite so straightforward.
There's a reason why real polls have to use a respondent pool that is (a) sufficiently large (1,000+ people); and (b) randomised rather than self-selected, in order to be taken seriously.
Given that it's the Labour Party membership that will make this decision, I seriously doubt whether that will happen. So many Labour 'moderates' and Remainers have resigned from the party (or not renewed their membership) since 2017 including two members of my family: conversely, there have been joiners from what might be called the Hard Left. It's Labour, the votes of the MPs count for nothing once the minimum threshold for nomination has been fulfilled.
Given that the same has been said about the hard right taking over the Conservatives I wonder if this means that the Lib Dems might see improved results in this (and future) elections?
There is an opportunity for the LibDems although they are hampered by their track record in the coalition and the Catch 22 of our voting system where if a party is seen as unlikely to gain power than that becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
We had one, then a number of Labour MPs thought it would only be "fair" to put one "J. Corbyn" on a ballot paper. The rest as they say is history.
