The plotters also want Corbyn excluded from the ballot. This is a real problem for them: if he is not excluded, the likelihood is that he will receive a massive backing and they lose whatever credibility they have left. If he is excluded that the word 'coup' is pretty well unavoidable and the likelihood of a mass resignation of members is significant. Getting rid of a leader who is 'unelectable' by ensuring the party as a whole is unelectable is an odd move.

Clearly another example of entering something without reflecting on the consequences then.