I really hate to keep on saying this, but "calls for unity" in Labour are always, ALWAYS, code for ,"Oi you lefties, keep quiet and let us responsible middle-of-the-roaders hold sway. We can handle this!" I've seen it in trade unions and I've seen it in my bloody party (I'm still a member...). It's always the same. And I've seen it for half a bloody century. Thing is, you middle-of-the-roaders can't handle it. You are not people of principle. You are people of shameless pragmatism. Elect Labour, no matter how bloody Tory-lite they are, at all costs. The left in Labour are the true people of principle. Last time we ditched principle, we got Blair. Frankly, I'd far sooner keep my principles and lose elections. Yes, really. And I don't believe for a minute that that has to be the case. We almost got there in 2017. I know that "almost" isn't bloody good enough, but neither were Brown and Miliband. Your kind of men. But let me tell you summat, John. We won't even get anywhere near "almost" with Starmer. Not in my lifetime or yours. He is not the man. He won't win next time or the time after, even if we lefties suddenly decide to handle him with kid gloves. Which there's no point doing. "Getting it" means latching on to the realpolitik. I recommend you have a go at that some time.