Well, I think anyone who thought of him as a man of the left at any time would need their head examining. He's essentially a one-nation conservative. But that's what the Labour Party membership seem to have decided they wanted.

And the Labour Party as a totally left-wing party? Well, by the standards prevailing across the Atlantic I suppose that'd be true -   but in any normal political spectrum Labour has at most times had signifucant elements which are if anything right of centre. And that included some of the "founding fathers".