So a plotting MP is supposed to be able to simply put her name forward, thereby ousting the leader. In theory, if no-one else puts their name forward and he can't get his 50, the Eagle has landed it. Blimey, even the Ayatollah couldn't do it as neatly as that. That isn't a challenge, is it. The plotters want to split the party in two, but, unlike what happened in the 80s, they want to form the big bit. Well they've got another think coming. They have shown themselves twice already to be unelectable, lest they forget. Two-time losers against the shabbiest bunch of Tories ever. Being seen, as they will be, as a ragbag collection of devious chancers (and Murdoch is waiting in the wings to do the branding), who ignored the wishes of the massive party membership, is going to make them a damn sight more unelectable than Jeremy Corbyn could ever achieve. And to think that John Major thought that HE was surrounded by bastards. The NEC had better make the right decision at their next meeting. A challenged leader who doesn't want to step down has every right to democratically defend his corner. Otherwise, I'm out, and I won't be the only one.