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Diary

Chris Mullin’s diary: Murdoch’s men couldn’t face even a fictional Corbyn victory

Plus: the pact that could save Labour; Vince Cable’s economic confession; and a sincere Tory for Corbyn

19 September 2015

8:00 AM

19 September 2015

8:00 AM

With four days to go until the result of Labour’s leadership election, a call from the Sunday Times. Would I like to write a piece, along the lines of the opening chapter of my 1980s novel A Very British Coup, about the first 100 days of a Corbyn government? Anything up to 3,000 words, he says.

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Chris Mullin was the MP for Sunderland South from 1987 to 2010.

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