Corbynites rally at Zarah Sultana’s pub quiz

While all eyes in Brighton yesterday were on the shenanigans in the conference hall, Jeremy Corbyn’s loyal band of followers were meeting to discuss how to rid themselves of his successor. At The World Transformed, the rival socialist festival set up in 2016, the great and the not-so-good of the millennial left met for a panel titled: ’Starmer out? And if so, how?’

Billed as a ‘debate’ there didn’t seem to be much in the way of disagreement here as Novara founder Aaron Bastani, Momentum chief Gaya Sriskanthan and former Jezza speech writer Alex Nunns all competed to rubbish Sir Keir’s leadership. Highlights – or lowlights – of the ninety minute rant included Bastani calling for ‘discipline’ in place of ‘ego’ and the laughter which greeted one contributor from the floor who said:

A heart attack gave us Harold Wilson who won four elections out of five. Another heart attack gave us Tony Blair who won three elections out of three.