Unlike prime ministers, leaders of the Opposition suffer from the handicap that often their only weapons are words, not deeds. That's why their actions in how they deal with their own party are used as a proxy for leadership.
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It had been announced Jeremy Corbyn would be barred as a Labour candidate at the next general election. However, Corbyn was returned as an independent MP at the 2024 general election.