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  I see it a little differently; at a time when we have an ineffective, internally squabbling and divided Conservative Party along with the total implosion of UKIP, Labour has decided that rather than redefine social democracy to make it relevant to the 21st century they will look backwards to the failed social corporatism of the mid 20th century and the centrist apologism of the Blair years.
  
  The referendum vote and the Labour leadership elections presented a golden opportunity for the left (esp. Labour) to create a new paradigm for left of centre politics, redrawing what we mean by social democracy, social action, community involvement & engagement, equality of opportunity from cradle to grave, education as a right, even dare I say the redefinition of Clause 4 to make it pertinent and relevant to new modes of working and ownership etc. etc. but instead the left has unleashed the dark heart of itself and is in danger of disappearing down a holier than though pc Stalinist cul-de-sac.
  
  There is little time for Labour moderates and modernists to join ranks and stand against the complete take over of Labour by the political bullies of momentum; if they do not our two major parties will become pastiches of themselves; the Conservatives have already done so with their ugly politics of greed and class and sanctimonious hectoring and lecturing of those who dare to disagree.

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