Results show there is hope for Labour yet | Letters

Regarding the results of Thursday's elections (Jeremy Corbyn allays coup fears after mixed election night for Labour, theguardian.com, 6 May), the successful Norwich Labour party leadership hit the nail on the head with its analysis. Labour actually did amazingly well, considering the constant poisonous press briefings made by many out-of-touch rightwing Labour MPs against Jeremy Corbyn ever since he was overwhelmingly elected leader. We even had Michael Dugher at PMQs effectively inviting David Cameron to agree with him that Corbyn was an idiot.

Then we had John Mann and friends doing their bit to denigrate Corbyn's leadership in the last two weeks before the election. It is interesting that Labour did less well in Scotland and Wales, where Corbyn was reportedly asked to stay away.