How Labour can fight back against the British establishment’s attempt to destroy it

The party will get to govern under Corbyn – but the delegitimisation campaign underway is preparation for a destabilisation campaign.

By Paul Mason

Over the past two months the Conservative establishment in Britain has managed to convince itself that a left-wing government under Jeremy Corbyn would be illegitimate; that it has to be stopped; and that – even if they don’t want to do the dirty work themselves – someone has to.

That’s the bigger story behind wave after wave of smears unleashed against Jeremy Corbyn – even if you accept, as I do, that he is an imperfect politician and that Labour has specific challenges with anti-Semitism, which it has handled badly.