Two thirds of SNP voters, voted to remain. Two thirds of Labour voters, voted to remain. However, Jeremy Corbyn is blamed for not delivering more than this number. He is even blamed by his own party members whose own constituencies voted to leave. Labour MP’s who failed to win a majority for remain prefer to blame Corbyn rather than understand that the referendum was not a vote for the Labour Party.

Rather like Harry Perkins, Corbyn has been harassed and bullied by the Blairites and fellow travellers, who have contempt for the membership and overdue regard for the neoliberals. They do not seem to be ashamed to be on the same side as Cameron, nor have they been ashamed to be on the side of bankers and warmongers. It appears, according to Len McCluskey, that the PR company Portland Communications, seems to have written the script for this elongated coup, in which every hour a resignation has been choreographed to ensure that the headlines remain focused on the Labour Party, rather than the shambolic Tories and the disaster they have managed to engineer.

If one didn’t know better, one would ask whose side are they really on? The plotters and schemers continue to claim that Corbyn is unelectable, yet take no cognizance of the evidence or responsibility over their own actions, which have left many feeling completely disenfranchised, disenchanted, and detached from the Westminster bubble. They actually believe that the policies pursued by the Blair/Brown/Cameron governments bare no responsibility for alienating those who voted to leave.

They think that what the country requires in this hour of need is another iteration of Blair/Brown/Cameron, in other words ‘business as usual.’ Disastrous foreign military interventions, the financial crisis of 2008, and now the leaving of the EU and the risk to the continuation of the UK, hardly stands in as evidence of a reputable track record to inspire confidence and hope in the people. This is not about failed policies, but rather the failure of the neoliberal world-view.

What Labour needs to do is get behind Corbyn and not stab him in the back. Members must recognise that this unthought coup will only divide the party. If the Labour Party is to mean something of real significance, it has to depart from an out-dated and out of touch neoliberalism, masquerading as common sense. The reason why so many people have been energized by Corbyn’s campaign is because he symbolises the failures of neoliberalism, and points to an alternative in which all members of the Labour movement should have no difficulty in embracing.

In the penultimate scene of A Very British Coup, Perkins was prevented from being cut off by a conspirator in a crucial live broadcast because of the decency of his Head of Security, Inspector Page. When Perkins thanks him, Page replies, “with respect sir, I don’t actually vote for you – but I know what’s right.” It is incredible to think that in our current times the parliamentary Labour Party gives the impression that it doesn’t know what is right, and lacks basic decency and respect for democracy.

What the country needs is a Labour Party committed to leading the country out of the mess created by the Tory government. It does not need a Labour Party that is on strike against its own membership. If the coup is to succeed the risks to this country and its future will be grave. The policies that bought us to the chaos that we now find ourselves tangled up within cannot get us out of here. I call upon all Labour MP’s who care about the future, to support the leadership, to support the membership, and to fight the Tories. Ditch Blairism and vote to keep Corbyn.