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So, let’s get this straight. Jeremy Corbyn shouldn’t be leader of the Labour party because people won’t vote for him.

So why does it seem like he’s about to win his second leadership election in a year?

It appears that lots of people do want to vote for him, with huge numbers joining the party, which now stands at more than half a million.

So, then they say that, while Jeremy Corbyn may appeal to Labour voters, he doesn’t attract those from outside the party.

Why then are new members, who have previously posted on social media about supporting other parties, having their Labour membership applications rejected?

Surely the whole point of political campaigning is to win people over who either didn’t vote last time or voted for another party.

How else does Labour think it can win without getting more votes, and ideally more members?

Or, if they’d previously voted Conservative, would that be OK and it’s just the Green Party that’s the enemy?

Every time those in Labour try to suggest that Corbyn is unelectable or that the people who support him are in some way fanatics, all they are really doing is damaging the party they claim to love.

We don’t yet know how all these new members will vote in the up- coming leadership election, but that’s more than double the 200,000 members the party had on the day Ed Miliband led them into last year’s general election defeat.

Add to that the 183,000 people who paid £25 this summer to become registered supporters in order to vote in the party’s leadership election, and that’s an impressive number.

That can only be a good thing.

Any organisation that more than doubles its membership in a year isn’t falling apart, it’s booming.

After years of political apathy, it seems that people are genuinely wanting to engage in the debate. They should be welcomed with open arms, whoever they choose to support as leader.

This month, in Liverpool, we’re expecting to see another Corbyn victory, after ordinary members have had their say.

Let’s hope the MPs take notice and get back to opposing the government – and not their own party members.