San Lumen wrote:Ifreann wrote:Corbyn is respecting his fellow Labour party members by not resigning. His fellow MPs are disrespecting those Labour members.
So then why shouldn't Labour MPs respect the vote of the Labour party? Why are you do adamant that not only the government but private individuals and businesses respect the Brexit referendum vote, but also adamant that Jeremy Corbyn disregard the Labour leadership election?
So if he faces a leadership challenge as he probably will he should refuse to respect the result?
If he faces a leadership challenge, it will be the same procedure as when he was elected in the first place. It will be put to the Labour party members who will vote for their candidate. I suspect that no-one has any doubts that Jeremy will win a second election. If not a first-round wipeout like in September, he'll probably win in the second or third round, because he's not as popular as he originally was, and no denying that.
Of course, he might lose. In which case - as his argument has always been, "the majority of Labour members voted for me", he will step down. Because he will clearly no longer have the mandate he claims to.
The only way in which he is likely to lose is being left off the ballot.
And I would argue he has every right to claim that being maliciously removed from the ballot (for it would be malicious) would render the result illegitimate.
And as I said earlier, I do hope that if he is removed from the ballot, Labour burns.
It'll deserve it.