Their failures of imagination, inspiration and organisation paved the way for Jeremy Corbyn’s riseIt ain’t over until the poll box sings. So it is just possible that bookmakers are exhibiting premature capitulation by paying out in advance to punters who have bet that Jeremy Corbyn will be the next leader of the Labour party. Some Labour MPs contend that there remains a chance that the spectre that fills the vast majority of them with horror will not come to pass when the coronation ceremony takes position in Westminster on Saturday. One frontbencher speculates: “Perhaps we will wake up on Saturday afternoon and find it has all been a infamous dream.”He didn’t sound like he really believed that. Most Labour MPs I speak to now sound resigned to what they regard as a catastrophic outcome for their party. Members of Liz Kendall’s campaign team are talking openly approximately what they will do when the hard left seizes the commanding heights of Labour while close supporters of Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham speak as whether it is all over bar the counting.
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Source: theguardian.com