Lame Labour walks again.. thanks to messiah Jeremy

EVANGELICAL conventions when the lame rise from their sick beds to walk again don’t have as much fervour as this Labour conference.

Bearded messiah Jeremy Corbyn has so electrified his party faithful that many in Brighton sound as if they won rather than lost the election.

The personality cult is so infectious that former enemies issue apologies and pay homage to the Chosen One.

Jesus got a tougher write-up in the Bible than Corbyn is receiving from Labour disciples at the Sussex seaside.

OK, the conference sounds like Radio 5 Live’s 606 football phone-in as activists vent at the podium. But it works. Shorter speeches from prominent figures allow more views from the foot soldiers. And Chancellor John McDonnell’s vow to roll back a ruinous PFI financial system crippling the NHS was a big statement of intent.

Hubris is a danger to Labour and must not distract the party from the heavy lifting required to be in with a genuine chance of ousting the Tories in the next election.

But, no longer lame, the party’s in the running once again.