Part of Labour's problem is that they think everyone who voted UKIP is a 'wasist' and in the process write off their chances of every gaining back these people to vote for them.

Corbyn only appeals to a small proportion of hardcore lefties who live in some sort of delusion that if he says the right things some imaginary switch will be flicked in the UK electorate and everyone will vote for him. It's just not going to happen.

You've changed your tune.

The thing is PMQ is not reflective of the bulk of parliamentary business, it is an hour of pantomime once a week, serious government decisions are not made on the back of it. It's more like the annual shareholders meeting of a big company where the chairman and CEO spout corporate bollox and beat their chests about how macho they've been/plan to be cutting costs or sticking it to the competition. At those public meetings the execs have to present a macho super confident front for fear the business press and institutional investors present will view them as hesitant or unclear.

Institutional investors do not attend shareholders meetings. They know its corporate bollox. They have separate briefing sessions with the company.

PMQs is probably a bit more important because its one of the ways that the public form a view on the competence of the PM and Leader of the Opposition. IDS never recovered from his terrible performances at PMQs. But the public form their opinion based on the soundbites shown on the evening news. Not on the intellectual superiority of the arguments.

Have you been licking batteries again?

If you bothered to actually read my original post, you may comprehend that I was offering a view on the then declared candidates (excludes Corbyn). It was not a declaration of whom I would vote for. I am both surprised and delighted that Kendall has not managed to con anyone with her tory-lite policies. Shows her leadership qualities up for what they are.

Resort to smelly fish insult once more.

"I'd go for Kendall" - not much ambiguity there.

If you have changed your mind why don't you just say, no big deal.

Look barmpot, it's a bit like me saying "I'll go for Hull KR" before Sunday's game. As I lifelong Hull FC supporter, would you also assume I'd suddenly switched allegience?

I smell a wriggling slippery fish. Flip flopping all over the plaice. To get caught changing from the Starboard wing candidate to a far Port is a whale of an about turn. We shouldn't skate over the fact that you've been caught in a storm and your "OPINION" has sunk to new depths. Is the "tip" you speak of in reality an iceberg!