Not many people want Jeremy Corbyn to be prime minister. There are many days when it seems that Jeremy Corbyn himself doesn’t want to be prime minister. But that doesn’t mean he won’t be prime minister. There is a very good chance indeed that Jeremy Corbyn will be prime minister.

This column is devoted to that proposition. And to an allied proposition. Don’t go thinking that if Jeremy Corbyn becomes prime minister he won’t really be prime minister. If you’re prime minister, you’re the prime minister and you’re in charge and that’s that.

Mr Corbyn has his fans. And his fans absolutely love him. But his fans are only making up in intensity what they lack in numbers. Sometimes on social media they seem to