Every time there was a leadership election the small grouping of left MPs would choose one from their fold to scrabble round trying to raise the minimum number of MPs nominations to enable them to make what was normally a hopeless challenge for the leadership. This was Corbyns turn, but no one - Corbyn included anticipated the massive shift in mood amongst the membership. Even with the shenanigans of the second vote and mass suspensions, and a 25 fold increase in supporters rates the right failed to hang on. So Corbyn was very much an unexpected victor. However I think that as the campaign cranked up, Corbyns lifetime experience of campaigning on social issues, and his consistent voting record on foreign policy issues helped considerably in getting the message out that labour was changing and that neoliberalism and it’s cruel ideology of austerity could be defeated. The unrelenting attacks from within the parliamentary party and from the establishment would have crushed a lesser man, so I for one feel this honourable guy is doing a prettty god job, and I can’t see abbot or macdonald faring much better in his position, so we have the leader that we will be fighting the next election with. For those that see no purpose in supporting reformist politicians or parties no leader would be any good in their eyes, as they would see no purpose served in any democratic socialist party gaining power, but for those who would like to see a labour government based on a manifesto of change as offered at the last election, then it’s a case of get behind Corbyn, hold your nerve and push