Thread by @shaunjlawson

One of the Corbyn project's biggest failings was that no viable, more charismatic candidate emerged to take his ideas onward. Rebecca Long-Bailey certainly wasn't that figure, sadly.

Look around the Labour Party now. Who actually is there who could replace Starmer and succeed?

I've said before that if Starmer was forced out, I think the Parliamentary Party will likely unite around Yvette Cooper and 'crown' her without a contest.

But she's not popular among the members and too associated with New Labour (and Ed Balls) for the public.

Andy Burnham has just been re-elected as Mayor of Greater Manchester. It'll be four years until he could become an MP again. Too late.

Among the younger generation, Charlotte Nichols and Zarah Sultana aren't ready yet. Maybe Rosena Allin-Khan might be?

But the public doesn't know any of the latter three figures in any case - and that matters, a lot. It does know Cooper and Burnham.

Even if Laura Pidcock had retained her seat, for all her many gifts, she's like Marmite. The left loves her; the right and the public don't.

Rayner herself actually remains a future leader... but I'm not blind to her faults either.

What jumps out at me is the same thing as 2015 - there's a horrible lack of real talent among the PLP. Nobody strikes me as likely to do that well.

Cooper's the best bet by default.