Mark Steel seemed to ignore the most democratic option in his comments on the search for a new leader of the Labour Party (i newspaper. 12.6.2015).
In 1979 this country voted in the type of government it seems to have wanted ever since. Labour disappeared and a form of conservatism called New Labour took its place. This electable party of Thatcherites continued until the re emergence of Labour under Ed Milliband. Any new leader should seek what is, according to their beliefs, best for the country, as Miliband did, even if it consigns them to the opposition benches until the electorate changes its mind. It should be a matter of principle. The consiquences? That's democracy.
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