Patrick Diamond assesses the Labour leader's
performance as an opposition leader according to five criteria, and concludes the risk of a Labour schism between «principles» and «power» — of the kind that rivened the party in the early 1980s — is considerable.
Not exact matches
As so often happens with the
leader of the
opposition, he followed a bad
performance with a very good one.
It also has a strong
leader in Robertson, a man who has been referred to
as the «unofficial
leader of the
opposition» thanks to his commanding
performances at Prime Minister's Questions, where he has often outclassed Corbyn.
Three in ten are satisfied with his
performance as party
leader, while 56 % are dissatisfied — a higher dissatisfaction rating than Cameron, Michael Howard, or Iain Duncan Smith ever faced
as opposition leaders.