"Few things can distract such a permanent campaigner as Jeremy Corbyn, but one of them has just happened – his remarkable elevation to Leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition. In one remarkable instant on Saturday morning, this campaigner on disparate single issues was transformed into the country’s constitutional provider of alternative government, a job that requires an immediate and remorseless focus on what is realistic and practical rather than praiseworthy but fanciful. From that moment, subjects and sentiments that bring respect to a campaigner attract ridicule and dismay, because they are voiced by a potential prime minister".
