Will Corbynistas be willing to stump up £25 to back their man?

On the day Theresa May takes control at No.10 in a comparatively seemly transition, the Labour party is in the midst of the biggest crisis in its history. Jeremy Corbyn will be on the ballot paper in what looks set to be a messy and fractious leadership contest. He also looks likely to win: in September, he picked up 59 per cent of the votes and, amongst the party’s membership, little seems to have changed to knock that support. A quick glance at Corbyn’s Facebook page reveals a lot about the huge base of support the Labour leader can count on. A not-wildly-exciting video uploaded last night in which Corbyn sits at a desk in his grey jacket proclaiming the NEC decision has already been watched hundreds of thousands of times. The messages of adulation, too, speak for themselves: ‘Excellent. A triumph for democracy’, says one. The band UB40 even posted to send their ‘big love’ to Corbyn.