If Jeremy Corbyn has a nightmare, it probably looks a bit like Victoria Derbyshire. The BBC TV presenter hosted a Labour leadership hustings on Wednesday morning. With two hours to rake over Labour’s woes, there was time for short montages revisiting the worst moments of the last year, divisive policies like Trident and issues such as anti-Semitism.
But Derbyshire also wanted to talk about something less standard: personalities. She asked the two candidates to introduce themselves at the start of the debate. Smith trotted out his spiel about his hobbies, but Corbyn squirmed. “This is the non-political slot, is it?” he asked dryly.
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