Corbyn’s Labour was backed by 10m voters. We’re defeated, but not finished

I’ve been a lefty for long enough to be pretty familiar with the sensation of losing elections. I remember weeping in 1992 when John Major’s Tories beat Neil Kinnock’s Labour – but this time hurts like no other.

When campaigning for Kinnock in 1992 and Blair in 1997, I had grave misgivings about some their fundamental political values (mine lie further to the left). But I was more motivated by trying to end 13 and 18 years of Tory rule and was willing to bat for anyone who might deliver this.

These last two elections are the only time in my life that socialists like me have been able to campaign for the country to take decidedly the direction which we think really would create a fairer, more hopeful Britain. As bad as John Major was, he was a far more palatable brand of Tory than Theresa May and was virtually Frantz Fanon when compared to Boris Johnson.