I don't understand the "he's unelectable" argument. Or rather, it seems to me not so much an argument as plain propaganda on the part of the neoliberal establishment - politicians, media, corporations and the shadowy government departments who prop up the status quo. Keep saying "of course, he's unelectable" and, without any argument, you tarnish someone's image in the eyes of the underinformed public: "the experts seem to think there's something wrong with this guy." Similarly, you can brand left-wing politics as impractical or unrealistic - "of course, that wouldn't work in today's world" - well, maybe it wouldn't work in the face of the overwhelmingly powerful neoliberal establishment, as we saw with Greece's treatment. But "support the powerful because they tend to win" is not a good motto for life.

I consider it healthy for a country to have a good political spread. The UK has been sick for a while with only of various shades of right-leaning post-Thatcherites on offer. Corbyn said yesterday that Britain should take a lead in nuclear disarmament. To me it's refreshing to hear that brought back into the mainstream debate after a generation of Blairy cowards didn't dare touch it. A Corbyn-led Labour party might be jeered at but it would once again give a voice in Parliament to many who would put the goal of a happier society before the continued gains of the already powerful.