For a writer who does research you have a poor memory i have always believed having been elected twice in fair democratic elections that Corbyn has a right to be leader, doesnt mean i like the guy personally, but he has the job just as much as i always though we chose the wrong Miliband but Ed won the right to lead the party.
You either believe in the party system or you dont or to put it another way you either. believe in democracy or you dont. Corbyn didnt make the rules he won within the rules.
As a side issue i believe the members have as much right to elect the leader as the PLP if not more, there the ones out all the time acting as the foot soldiers.
I also agree with FS's prediction that Corbyn never had a chance to succeed in the present political and media climate.
Take from that as you want and spin it as you please. I am past caring.
I would agree that you have been consistent in your position that Corbyn is the democratic choice of the members. I would also note that you have also been consistent in your belief that any kind of Labour is better than a Tory government.
The conundrum presents itself that the leadership of Corbyn is perpetuating the most incompetent Tory government, possibly ever. His long held view actively enables their agenda for Brexit, a policy that will fall hardest upon the working class. In the unlikely event that he wins a general election after Brexit, he will be forced to beg the US (among others) for a trade policy and become a Labour Prime Minister forced to auction off the NHS to their interests. There will be no money for any ambitious social programs, merely a government term - probably short - where he becomes the poster boy for a disastrous recession.
It may have been closer than many thought likely, but he came second to these incompetent Tories in 2017, after seven years of brutal austerity imposed by them. The only consolation prize for second place is to have the opportunity to hold the government to full account, a responsibility at which he has failed miserably. There is no serious polling evidence that if a general election were held now, he could win that either - almost certainly losing to a fascist coalition of Faragists and the most rabid of Tories. Through spectacularly misjudged fence sitting, he has resurrected the Liberal Democrat party to the point that they are out-polling Labour, and in a general election, be likely to split off left-leaning voters necessary to form a Labour government. There is no evidence he has managed to make the necessary impact on Scotland, which has always been integral to forming workable government majorities for Labour. He does not attract voters from the centre who may have previously voted LibDem or Tory, also required to make a working majority of sufficient size to be a radical party of government.
It is all very well to blame the media, but the world is thus, and I'm afraid every Labour leader has had to deal with it. If it is harder for Corbyn (and he must take responsibility for the baggage he has created himself, which is added to the usual fabrications aimed at a Labour leader) then crying about it does not get anyone elected. It has to be dealt with whether this feels dirty or not, because not to do so keeps the Tories in power.
In short, he looks unelectable, and even if he managed to scrape a tiny majority, because of his support for Brexit, would preside over the following economic disaster. (Note that the WA renegotiation he aspires to is as unicorn-filled as the Tory Brexit fantasy renegotiations).
So which position would you consider paramount? Getting rid of the Tories or respecting the members' decision?
