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As to Corbyn's policies being popular - I think part of the problem is that lots of the country (wrongly, in my view) still buys the austerity narrative (the inevitable consequence of having a political party that has been pressing this agenda relentlessly for six or seven years).
Labour (including but not limited to Corbyn) still have an absolute mountain to climb to overcome this. I found the following article interesting - public support for austerity grew during the first 5 yr term of the Tories, but more than half the country still thought (roughly 1yr ago) that austerity was "necessary".
http://speri.dept.shef.ac.uk/2015/07/09/public-opinion-graphs-austerity/
If Corbyn's platform is anti-austerity, then he will have to fight against the instincts of those people to win a majority.
I don't have an easy solution to this, because people don't change their minds easily. However I think Labour need to go beyond just saying they oppose austerity and start offering something more detailed as to how and why (and try to explain why it isn't a fiscal catastrophe if they spend more).