Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Yeah, those were pretty much my own immediate thoughts, too.I'm coming at this from a different direction than you, but have some of the same questions. If nothing else it just seems a bit late as an intervention.
Maybe it will have a slight impact on this idea that a lot of Corbyn friendly voters think he's still Labour?
Can see an argument that, a week out, it creates this news story which a) as you say, might catch a few more who still think voting Labour is voting Corbyn, and/or b) generates a narrative that more long-standing, senior, and possibly respected Labour activists believe in him rather than <whoever the Labor candidate is, I've forgotten>.
Obviously it would have been planned to some extent, just in the process of drafting and signing the letter, at least.
Would be interested in how much campaigning they'd already done for <whoever it is>. Might give some indication as to when this plan started forming.
<edit: actually, having quickly scanned it again - "resigning and former members". Maybe more of the latter, who have now successfully convinced those resigning to do so (and to sign), and possibly did more of the drafting?>
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