Put simply, it is the fact that vast swathes of the electorate are unprecedentedly hostile to the idea of making Jeremy Corbyn their prime minister. The diehards will say that to criticise Corbyn in is to side with the Tories against the poor and vulnerable. But the opposite is truePoint this out, and the Labour leader’s most unbending followers will insist that you can’t believe opinion polls. Or would remain voters feel no need to decamp to Jo Swinson in that scenario, happily rallying behind Labour instead? The diehards will say that to criticise Corbyn in this way is to side with the Tories against the poor and vulnerable.

Source: The Guardian October 25, 2019 16:30 UTC