We didn't exactly have a wealth of options did we? Corbyn or Smith...
The second leadership contest was a complete shambles from start to finish. If you're going to challenge the leader then at least put someone forward who has a chance of winning. All it did was to show how divided the party was and the polls have been abysmal since.
I'm not saying they were fantastic beforehand either but we weren't facing the doomsday scenario we are now.
The rationale for voting Smith was that he wasn't Corbyn and doomsday might actually be avoided.
Nobody had a chance of winning though, did they? The Labour Party has turned into a cult of personality where anyone standing up to Corbyn was seen as a neoliberal Blairite traitor.
And yes, the doomsday scenario was very much on the cards before the "coup." It was on the cards from the moment it became clear he was going to win, which is exactly why I and so many others tried so hard to stop it. The "Blairites" have shut up, the media don't even bother attacking him any more... The reason Labour are doing so badly in the polls is because they don't like Jeremy Corbyn. It's that simple.
He's a professional backbencher with zero gravitas, zero charisma and a track record as morally questionable as the most obscene Tory MPs. Not only is he way out of line with the public on defense, spending, immigration and welfare he has no ability to communicate effectively the ideas that people actually like.
I mean really what the hell did you expect? For the British public to veer off to the left after endorsing the most right wing government since Thatcher? For a man with no experience of government to create a credible opposition? For the PLP to function when he didn't even have enough nominations to stand without insisting people give him a place on the ticket?
This was blatant from day one. Agonisingly blatant. And now we're going to get destroyed, and that's because of Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters. Sorry. That's just the truth.