New email leaks reveal Jack Straw was very grateful for Brexit, and for the most disgusting reason

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11. No excuse for not looking beyond the leadership contest

It is notable that Owen Smith supporters are the ones knocking on doors and talking to voters at election time. The old hands who have been doing all the donkeywork.

The influx of paid up Labour members has not resulted in an upsurge in Labour activism. We are not seeing more Labour leaflets or more Labour campaigns. Corbynites like to blather on about rallies. Rallies have their place but they do tend to be preaching to the converted.

I'm afraid that the upsurge of Labour membership caused by Corbyn is being wasted as too many Corbynites are interested only in party infighting, not in working with those outside the Corbynite bubble.

Compare with the Lib Dems, who have only had a modest rise in membership at a time when the party is still discredited in the eyes of many thanks to their part in the coalition. They have many faults, but they don't waste their time on internal infighting when they could be out selling themselves to voters.