Feeling Sorry for Labour Party supporters - Part 1: Who is this Corbyn guy and what is Corbynomics?

I've got nothing against Labour Party supporters (well, for the most part anyway). Mostly they're harmless. Some of them mean well but are probably misguided. Others have different (but perfectly acceptable) views to me on what society should be like, but have reasonably sensible ideas for achieving that vision. Some of my friends are Labour supporters. And I have to feel sorry for them at the moment, because it seems like having a sophisticated understanding of how the world works, a good knowledge of 20th and 21st century history and a rudimentary knowledge of basic economics are now apparently a hindrance if you want to lead the party.

I know that some of my readers are from the US, and are naturally more concerned with the US presidential race than the race to lead the UK's main opposition party. I'm afraid I haven't kept up with the US presidential race this time around, so I can't really comment. This time eight years ago, I predicted (completely correctly as it turned out) that Obama would win the nomination and the election. The best analysis I've seen this time round is this post:

Anyway, innocent Americans who have heard something about the Labour leadership battle might think that Jeremy Corbyn is sort of a British version of Bernie Sanders.

Not quite.

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