https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/13/corbyns-uselessness-has-lost-its-charm-but-hes-not-labours-only-problem
Corbyn’s uselessness has lost its charm, but he’s not Labour’s only problem
agile and in control. Speed is decisive. All those who look on the current works of the Tory party are reeling with admiration at the blood-soaked tapestry and envy at the stitchup. In a backroom deal, a small number of people decided who would be prime minister, but, look, here she is installed, and many are breathing a sigh of relief that someone is in charge. The man who was once the future is past; Theresa May is assembling her cabinet and is signalling that there will be some significant changes in policy.
Meanwhile, Labour slowly bleeds out, unable to offer anything like a functional opposition, not able even to have a meeting that lasts less than several hours. It will lumber along wounded and snarling until a leadership election in September, apparently. Is this the end? The beginning of the end? Will there be a remission period? Possibly, but there is now something so profoundly sluggish in its gait that it is pitiful. A modern party has to move fast and react quickly – socialism can’t be Skyped in – but in anxious times the Labour party needs to show it can jump. It hasn’t been able to for a long time and, by electing Jeremy Corbyn, it deliberately chose to reward endurance over agility.