Even Stephen Hawking says Corbyn has failed. This is no rightwing conspiracy | Sam Glover

When one of the smartest people in the world thinks you've had it, listen to them. Those of us who love the NHS need Labour in power, not exiled from it

John McDonnell wrote an article on 26 February announcing that a "soft coup" is under way against Jeremy Corbyn. This coup, claimed McDonnell, "is being perpetrated by an alliance between elements in the Labour party and the Murdoch media empire, both intent on destroying Jeremy Corbyn and all that he stands for". But the truth is that not everyone who wants Corbyn out is a Blairite stooge, or in thrall to Rupert Murdoch: the latest ally of the Progress Putsch is Stephen Hawking.

This, to remind you, is the man who said "I wouldn't be here today if not for the NHS", and warned that the NHS "must be preserved from commercial interests who want to privatise it". He has also pointed out that inequality is one of the biggest threats to the planet. Sentiments not so far from those of a certain Islington MP. Not exactly the rightwing ideologue of McDonnell's imagination.

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