From tax to Brexit, the Tories will do anything to stay in power

Nothing - not even policies for which Labour was excoriated two years ago - is too much to swallow for a party, and a leader, determined to rise above the fray

Jeremy Corbyn may score badly with the wider public, but for as long as I can remember the press have given even the most admired Labour leaders a hard time during election campaigns. A recent exception was Tony Blair, who - for a time - achieved rock star status with the media.

Many reports have suggested that when presented with individual Labour policies - in what one might call a "blind tasting" - respondents have been much more enthusiastic than when the names of Corbyn and some of his colleagues come up.

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