Kelly Thank God we voted for Brexit

the very least, another three years of austerity. And, in 2020, when the next general election was actually due, Jeremy Corbyn will be 71. Would he have still been Labour leader or would he have quit, sick of the never-ending party in-fighting?

I’m sure, if the country had voted “Remain”, the Parliamentary Labour Party would have done its utmost to replace him with a candidate they believed suitably attractive to Middle England and in their mind “electable”.

Instead, the country – and Labour’s heartland – unexpectedly voted Brexit. Just as unexpectedly, many voted for Corbyn and Labour at the general election. The contest was so close the Tories now talk of ending austerity in order to be able to govern.

Perversely, Labour MPs blamed Corbyn for Brexit as they believed everyone hated him as much as they did.

So, when Theresa May called the snap election, it seemed in many people’s minds he would go after a widely-predicted heavy defeat for Labour.

But it didn’t work out like that. Why? Because new battles had to be fought and the one with austerity was going be the most important of all for all our sakes.

For some it has become a life or death struggle due to the rigid confines of the austerity strait jacket, at the “black” heart of which is welfare cuts and public spending slashed to the bone.

Britain is now brutally divided, graphically illustrated by the Grenfell Tower tragedy.

Corbyn and Labour chose to highlight this divide, their remedy being to tear down the wall surrounding the so-called “magic money tree” – ie, the nation’s earnings from our tax – and distribute it much more fairly. To prioritise the money to those who need it most while providing vital extra funds for the NHS and public services.

All this is thanks, I believe, to the Brexit vote and the domino effect it started. Jeremy Corbyn could have been consigned to history by “Remain” vote