Rather than triangulating around the centre, Mr Corbyn demonstrated that the Labour party can succeed by standing for what it says it believes in. The key to the success of Mr Corbyn’s refashioning of the Labour party may well be the restraint he is able to muster. The Labour party’s manifesto was a programme that was leftwing by recent British standards but it would be considered mainstream in much of western Europe. Brexit is Mr Corbyn’s achilles heel: where the expanding party membership is more pro-EU than he is. In parliament, the Labour party will have to make the case for higher taxes and better public services for years to come.

Source: The Guardian September 24, 2017 19:02 UTC