Labour Leadership 2016

Another response to Jones:

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/manuel-cortes/owen-jones-jeremy-corbyn_b_11303870.html

And an interesting piece which, I think, helpfully, if at times superficially, handles the reasons people support Corbyn:

http://www.newstatesman.com/2016/08/explaining-love-jeremy-corbyn

^ I thought an interesting point from this was:

If Sarah had taken her disenfranchisement and her sense of a middle-class elite running the world without reference to her, and channelled it towards Ukip - essentially, turned it into resentment - she would get a far more sympathetic, understanding reaction from most political commentators I know on the right and on the left. Instead, she took her pain and isolation and put it towards a politics that prioritises inclusion and solidarity. Reacting with kneejerk cynicism to that isn’t really helpful, however much it might make you (ok, and me) feel sophisticated.

I think, unless a split is what you're after, discussions of this sort are what's necessary.

What is not helpful is this faux-nostalgic naval gazing madness:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/03/new-labour-brought-hope-jeremy-corbyn-has-brought-despair?CMP=twt_gu