One more point: this is a momentous result beyond Britain's borders because you now have a major party leader whose foreign policy will probably not involve war, arms supplying and economic exploitation.

I am not a Labour party member, and am undecided as to whether I'll vote Corbyn should he remain leader in 2020. But this to me is his greatest virtue.

I'm in Turkey at the moment and I've spoken to loads of people from across the Middle East, and the overriding opinion among even the more Westernised middle classes is that Britain is a massive cause of disturbance in the region. I spoke to a guy from Yemen, who are being bombed by Saudi Arabia, and the vitriol he poured on Britain for supplying arms to a Wahabist extremist state who have murdered around 20 000 Yemeni in 6 months was so uncharacteristic of someone who was otherwise an incredibly polite, humble man it really made me think.

Likewise, that we will have a leader of the opposition who is openly critical of Israel, who are not only continuing to commit war crimes on the West Bank but are threatening to renew tensions with Iran in the area is massive. Maybe we will even stop supplying weapons and armoury to Qatar, Kuwait and the Saudis for them to channel on to IS?

It's easy to just look at home and regard the effect Corbyn's politics will have, but actually the biggest positive in my mind is that we shift our stance on the global scene.

The only effect Corbyn will have is to ensure that Labour will not be elected at the next election.

The fact that he won a convincing victory only demonstrates how out of touch Labour members are with reality.

I think some of the older posters on here underestimate how much he's ignited passion amongst the (previously) politically apathetic young. Just because you don't see the possibility of a man speaking sense about so many important issues becoming Prime Minister, it doesn't mean it won't happen.

Corbyn becoming PM is no crazier a suggestion than The US electing its first black president.

Describing Hamas and Hezbollah as "Friends" and the death of Osama Bin Laden as a "Tragedy".
And that the last Labour government spent too little !

Edited by Willo (13 Sep 2015 10.37pm)

Would you like to provide the context for these two oft used gems for the benefit of those who don't know it?