Jeremy Corbyn looks set to be easily returned as Labour leader next month, with a new survey of the Labour selectorate by YouGov finding 57 % intend to vote for Corbyn, 35 % for Owen Smith and 8 % still undecided. (yougov.co.uk)
Not only is there the residual fear that Tony Blair is going to let him down again, but he will want to become leader of the Labour Party before he has to make too many unpopular decisions and start alienating both the public as a whole and the Labour Party selectorate. (conservativehome.blogs.com)
His mandate as leader comes from the party selectorate at large, rendering votes of no confidence irrelevant. (totalpolitics.com)