the inevitable Jeremy Corbyn thread....

[Ironing Man]

7. to illustrate...

i agree entirely with your premise - the leader is completely at odds with the PLP, the PLP is completely at odds with the members/activists, and the members/activists are completely at odds with those who, in 2015, voted Labour...

yougov have a good poll from the last week that revolved around Syria/IS - now, i'm not using the Syria issue as the crux of this, but its interesting: its generally assumed that around 60% of the PLP want to support the government motion over IS in Syria. among the LP members/activists its around 20-25%, yet among Labour voters (a vastly larger group than the members..) its around 66%...

in effect, the leader broadly represents the members/activists, while the PLP broadly represents the Labour electorate. Labour got around 9 million votes in the 2015 GE, those who voted for Corbyn in the subsequent leadership election roughly equate to around four hundred people per parliamentary constituancy, or less than 1000 per Labour won constituancy.

the phrase 'cul-de-sac' leaps to mind...