The next election will be a referendum – on Corbynism

The next general election will have been precipitated by, and will inevitably be fought over, Brexit. Yet it will also be the fiercest battle of ideas for more than a generation. Britain must choose between economic liberalism and a command economy, between a smallish state and a domineering one. This would be a crucial choice at any time, but the implications of Brexit make it more so. Jeremy Corbyn supported leaving the EU in 1975 for the same reason he can’t quite denounce Brexit now: a parliament that takes back control can be far more radical. And his Labour party has plenty of radicalism in mind.

Even though Labour occupies a lowly position in the polls, Corbyn remains overwhelmingly the main challenger to Boris Johnson and his warring Conservatives. We live in fast-changing political times: during the last general election campaign, Corbyn increased Labour’s share of the vote by more than any other leader of any other post-war party.