Thanks for this – an honest piece I think, which analyses the consequences of misunderstanding the role of leadership and nuance in a binary poll – that is, it allows the right/far right to deliver a clear message however wrong, immoral and offensive.

I would go further however. Corbyn’s ‘purity’ suggests incapacity to understand leadership at all – including what I regard as one of its most important qualities, the ability to be inclusive, and form alliances over particular issues when the ‘question at issue supersedes the importance of party. I find it remarkable that he shares platforms with those he calls ‘friends’ – Hamas, Hezbollah – ‘hosts’ and is paid for appearances on Iranian TV (£20,000?), surrounds himself with those who condone (if not co-ordinate) abusive, thuggish behaviour, and yet refuses to share a platform with David Cameron over the referendum.

I am sad that Labour has become such an irrelevance.