Controversy over the Jeremy Corbyn phenomenon shows a British political system past its sell-by date. Labour has started to rewrite the rulebook – politicians need to catch upAnother Labour backbencher is calling for a halt to the leadership contest. Party loyalists could be forgiven for wondering at what point,exactly, the party’s opponents were passed a loaded pistol while a red rose was plastered over the concentric circles on the target? Who thought it would be a well-behaved idea, or just as normal political life finally sinks into a persistent vegetative state,to subcontract the choice of Labour leader to a crowdsourcing exercise?Here’s the thing. It is a well-behaved idea. It’s absolutely the fair direction of travel. The problem is that it demands a different kind of politics – and the politicians haven’t yet grasped what that is.
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Source: theguardian.com