"Most MPs opposed to Corbyn appear willing to discount this surge, even though it is unprecedented for the Labour Party in recent times." Jeremy Corbyn leadership rally in 2016. Credit: Wikimedia/PaulNUK. Some rights reserved.
These columns have occasionally strayed from their usual territory of international security to look at elements of domestic British politics, especially since the unexpected rise of Jeremy Corbyn to the leadership of the Labour Party. The current leadership contest, which climaxes on 24 September, and the intriguing state of the party as a whole, makes another contribution to this mini-series seem timely. (For earlier contributions, see for example: "Jeremy's Corbyn's first hundred days" [19 August 2015] ; "Jeremy Corbyn's first 100 days, revisited" [17 December 2015] ; "Jeremy Corbyn, the future not the past" [28 April 2016] ; and "What Labour should do now" [14 July 2016]).
