The next Labour leader must resist the temptation to scrap or keep Corbynism completely

Two phrases are dominating the left of the Labour leadership contest: “continuity Corbyn” and “Corbynism without Corbyn”.

The former is straightforward and aimed particularly at Rebecca Long Bailey; the idea being that her pitch so far has been to offer nothing different from Corbyn politically or stylistically. This has been bolstered by her hiring Momentum chief Jon Lansman to direct her campaign, as well as her awarding Corbyn 10/10 for his leadership skills (a rating I’m not sure he’d even have given himself). While her team do not use the phrase, it’s certainly the quite loud subtext of their pitch.