Corbyn trips over himself on election footing

As the Labour Party conference starts, its leader knows his days are numbered and the Brexit debate has already swept him aside

Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour Party in Britain, making a keynote speech in Salford

This weekend is Jeremy Corbyn’s last bit of controlled limelight before he takes to the campaign trail proper – whenever the general election is confirmed.

Corbyn and his splintering Labour Party are at the seaside in Brighton, hoping to pull together and find some kind of unified face to put before the public in time for the make-or-break election.

Importantly, the keynote leader’s speech won’t be made until Wednesday. That is almost certainly ...