He already relishes that opportunity on a weekly basis. On Wednesday he was being asked about serious flooding and was pissing about making feeble Shakespeare jokes. The only people who lose in leaders' debates are the incumbent, because what it does is invites people to imagine what someone would be like as a leader.

The reason Cameron doesn't want debates with Corbyn is the same reason he didn't want them with Miliband. Because his own leadership ratings are actually pretty good for a PM going into his second term and Corbyn's personal ratings are absolutely dire. Why risk changing that? His 'fear' of Miliband obviously turned out to be completely unfounded.

Because it's the most interesting thing about him. Most people can't remember a more left-wing Labour leader for at least 30 years. He may be the most left-wing MP out of 232 MPs. To not remark upon how polarising a figure he is would be rather odd.

Do you honestly think that the Tories wouldn't have done all of the above if Burnham was leader? They changed electoral registration when Miliband was leader. They tried to do the boundaries when Miliband was leader. They've always opposed Short money when in power. They'll do anything they can to give themselves an advantage, because one day the public will stop voting for them.

My worry is that when eventually they do lose support, Labour will be so catastrophically inept that they won't be able to take advantage.

"The fox has his den. The bee has his hive. The stoat, has, uh... his stoat-hole... but only man chooses to make his nest in an investment opportunity.” Stewart Lee

Optimistic as ever

This is correct. The fact is that Corbyn, through his own pig headed ness and unreconstructed Trotskyite operation, is leading Labour into the wilderness.

The recent 'reshuffle' being a case in point. His reshuffle took three day and he didn't achieve his aim, which was clearly to kick Hilary Benn off his front bench. It showed that he was not in control of the party, as a leader in control of the party would have made the decision on a reshuffle before it being announced and would complete it quickly. It also highlighted his Trotskyite/Stalinist modus operandi, which is to kick out dissenters, have them insulted (for example, having his acolytes brand them as 'Tory lite' on social media) and then install his preferred candidates to replace them who toe his line.

The truly disturbing aspect of Corbyn's leadership is his desire to remove dissenting voices from the party. He is seeking to kill democracy & debate and replace it with his, and only his, views. This is not what Cameron is doing, for example he is allowing his cabinet to campaign as their conscience dictates on Europe. It is also hypocritical from Corbyn who, when as a backbencher, defied the Labour whip on many occasions and was a serial rebel.

These are dark times for Labour and one can only think that the right thing for the moderates to do is wait and let the public overwhelmingly reject Corbyn before enacting a leadership contest, as being associated him is electoral poison.

"That was fun and to round off the day, I am off to steal a charity collection box and then desecrate a place of worship.” - Smokey, The Selhurst Arms, 26/02/02

This meme pretty much covers the reshuffle for me.

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If you publicly called your boss (in not so many words) a prick, do you think you'd still have a job?
That's effectively what Dugher did, so it was no surprise he lost his place.

this is classic Rod Liddle:

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"That was fun and to round off the day, I am off to steal a charity collection box and then desecrate a place of worship.” - Smokey, The Selhurst Arms, 26/02/02