Because women should be dutiful and have only the opinions and beliefs their husbands let them have?

His mandate won't change. The mandate is established by winning the vote, not by the percentage. There is also something of an issue with how the Labour Party went about securing the exclusion of certain new member voters that should probably be investigated for corrupt practices.

I suspect that when all is done and dusted, Labour won't win the general election, but that the vote won't be significantly worse than the last two elections.

Whilst Labour might lose some ground to the liberal democrats, they could potentially pick up votes from UKIP and the Greens with a strong left wing candidate with a working class ticket.

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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No because of the reasons she gave for not voting for him (and given she voted for him in the last leadership election) - that he had been poor as a leader to date and that his political views were translating poorly and looked out of date. If someone who cares for him and has admitted to still feeling loyalty towards him can't bring themselves to vote for him it doesn't look great for him.

Honestly I am not sure what I believe in terms of the magnitude of the expected loss for Corbyn/Labour. Everything he stands for polls as popular but he personally polls very poorly and the party is polling in line.

28% of the vote, with no recovery in Scotland, and they'd lose another 30 seats. It would be a very poor result.

Corbyn's affect on UKIP supporters depends upon your confidence in his ability to win the argument over the cause of their unease. UKIP managed to convince many voters that the source of much of their unhappiness with the status quo was the EU. Much better debaters than Corbyn failed to turn that argument around.

"It's almost like a moral decision. Except not really cos noone is going to find out," Jez, Peep Show

At least the electorate will have a real choice in the next general election, instead of the very similar centrist/liberal offerings of the main parties in recent years. Mind you, I'm pretty sure what choice they will make.

Done. Finished. Jeremy is going to win. It's time for Owen Smith to dissappear back into obscurity and for Angela Eagle to remain there.
This failed coup has been an absolute joke from start to finish at great expense in both terms of cost and polls to The Labour Party. The very people causing division and infighting, those writing off newly politically engaged members as lunatic, half whitted, far left communists are the ones who've had the audacity to call for unity.
These said same people accuse Jeremy Corbyn of being stuck in the past. Apparently fairness is an oudated concept now. What a sad day for Socialism.
Being "stuck in the past" is also hanging on to past glories. It's irrelevant now whether Labour won 3 terms of 15, the political, economic and social landscape has changed beyond recognition. People are fed up with politicians, their 2 grand suits, their power gestures, their lies and their sound bites. We're sick of the massive divide between the rich and poor. We're sick of enforced austerity and cleaning up the messes of the wealthiest and most importantly we're waking up.
Yes, Blair won three terms. Brown didn't though and who in their right would have voted for Milliband? I didn't hear much critism of him being unelectable from within though.

Maybe we should remember what the polls said about his chances?

Well. Jeremy will win. Again. I suggest that those calling for unity whether faux or real eat their words and stand together behind their democratically elected leader, the "unelectable" Jeremy Corbyn, or respectfully stand down and join a party that aligns with their personal choice of policies. After all, this new movement doesn't need anymore criticism from within if it is succeed and be an effective opposition, so, in short, put up or shut up. It's really that simple.

I agree that Labour should now get on with it, just like the Remainers bemoaning Brexit should get on with it. The electorate too should get on with deciding whether they want to support a party whose likely next General Secretary will be Corbyn’s close friend, Andrew Murray. I guess he will have to join the Labour Party first though, as he is currently a member of the Communist Party of Britain. In 2015 he said “Communism still represents, in my view, a society worth working towards.”

Barring a miracle Corbyn will win.

Maybe all those in the PLP who are not-aligned with him will mount another challenge next year, maybe another one after that until they grind him down.

Surely the "Blairite MPS" will all be de-selected by their local party tribunals in the Great Purge that will now commence?

Not a snowflake in hades chance whilst Corbyn is leader.
Every Government needs an effective opposition - Theresa May is under NO threat at all from Corbyn and his 'Army' of placards and protestors.

Labour are now further from power than any time in their history.

Edited by Willo (24 Sep 2016 1.05pm)

I know, I agree with you Matt. I was just using the term used by DavidPercival, who lumped together all critics of Corbyn as 'Blairite'.

Will the tiny trots be given top marxs?