Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
You've seen the poll this morning? 39% of the electorate are prepared to vote for them. 39%.
Yup. This stuff simply doesn't cut through. As long as Magic Grandpa's in charge, you'll still get people telling you he's a decent man who gets a lot of unfair stick from the media (who are clearly out to stop him). The bumbling pre-senile thing works for Corbyn. You can reveal untold quantities of deeply unpleasant stuff about him and people will still go on persona rather than realities.

It would be different if someone like McDonnell were in charge because, although much more intelligent than Corbyn, he's also much more obviously a nasty piece of work and about as appealing as a barbed-wire enema. This is why they will hang on to Corbyn come what may: he's absolutely vital as the smokescreen for what they really are.