backbenchers stand up and explicitly accuse him of being complicit in anti-Semitism.
And there’s absolutely no talk of him resigning. That’s pretty mental, no?
I would suggest that they are cleverly turning the screw.
And so entrenched are these attitudes, the leadership are actually incapable of responding without making things worse. Look at Diane Abbot's closing comments during yesterday's debate - backbenchers have called them a "disgrace". And Corbyn can't condemn one of his key allies, so that in turn turn cranks up the pressure on him
If backbenchers who want to force Corbyn out resign then they become powerless. Condemning him from within is far more effective.
The problem is that there are enough anti-semites, Islamists, idiots/young people and purblind leftists around to keep him in power. He has his mandate and, as long as he's got that, they can't get rid of him. He won't resign because the hard left wants complete control of the party and will not let him go until they have in place the mechanisms and/or Parliamentary numbers in place to ensure leftist succession in any future leadership contest. Until then, they're in stalemate.
A shame, really. But I have started questioning how much I really care. I feel as though the present status quo will always be maintained and we'll always have a fairly centre line party (whether it be slightly right or left of centre).
That suits me so I'll just plod along.
Complacency is pretty dangerous. Were there some sort of terrible crisis or scandal that damaged the tory party fatally, we would have Corbyn's Labour Party running the country by default. I agree that that is unlikely, but the mere possibility is so terrifyingly calamitous that it should terrify any sane person.