Corbyn now refuses to release his tax documents

For him it's probably better that this means people suspect he has some dodgy tax avoidance dealings. Better for him than people seeing there's more than likely some large payments coming from shady sounding shell companies held by the Saudis.

A new admission and development, it appears there is a third pension in addition to the two already known that Corbyn failed to declare on his tax return.

And now he is refusing to release his tax documents that the media have requested to confirm the claims he has made that this income was declared. He has basically lost any moral high ground he had on tax, he said politicians should release their tax returns and be totally transparent, but is now refusing to release his own documents as it might reveal misconduct on his part.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/13/jeremy-corbyn-failed-to-declare-third-pension-on-tax-return/

Corbyn supporters are now saying his tax affairs are a "private matter"

Ha! Well in some ways I do, at least Ed possessed the sort of basic competence (being properly attired, not looking like a scruffbag, singing the national anthem, his lack of personal associations or baggage with terrorist groups).

Ed Miliband was also about 10 points ahead of Cameron at this point in the cycle in the last parliament (2011ish). That is the kind of margin Labour will need in the next election to put them on the treasury benches.

Corbyn is wholly incapable of achieving anything close to that, if anything Labour could suffer a devastating defeat and see their seats plunge below 180. If Labour fought the election led by a man who is the literal manifestation of the stereotype North London doctrinaire socialist who is completely oblivious to common sense, who is a far-left zealot, extremely PC, who lionises terrorist groups as "liberation fronts", who has little to no knowledge of the world outside of the parochial London revolutionary socialist scene (the marches, the sit-ins, the meetings, the leafletting) and who has no experience of business and industry, who has never had a real job outside politics... if Labour is suicidal enough to be led by such a man the party will get stomped in the election

Labour being led to the next election by this man would see an extremely negative (and highly effective) tsunami of public relations and political campaigning, advertising on a mass scale, to hit Corbyn over those links to terrorists, his praising groups that have killed our citizens, the money he took from Iran and all of the other dozen obscenities he has participated in. They would hit him with it day after day after day until polling day. The Tories would enjoy a massive a huge morale windfall for their activities and generate enthusiasm amongst almost all centre-right people who agree Corbyn being elected would be a disaster, the turnout amongst Tory inclined people would probably be high. I suspect they wouldn't have any difficulty convincing more apolitical and swing voters as by that time they will have cultivated an image of Corbyn as a terrorist sympathiser and a threat to national security. On the Labour side, Corbyn is despised by a large section of his own party. Corbyn will find it difficult to get the most out of Labour activists for the election "ground game" because the party is so divided on him. There are many in the party including myself who will refuse to cast a ballot for Corbyn and probably sit out the election.

Given those odds there's no doubt I miss Miliband compared to Corbyn but ideally I'd like Dan Jarvis. For all the crowing after 2015 from the Tory side, Labour isn't in that bad a position. Labour held onto 230 seats which is about 30 more than the Tories had after the 2005 election.

The Tories only have a majority of 12 so we're not talking about a landslide government. The government is already starting to flounder and I think by the next election they will be a very tired government and that people will be ready to vote differently. Labour can win government without the Scottish seats if there's a big swing on against the Tories. But the party needs to have the right leader.

As for Dan Jarvis, a 5 year old with common sense could tell you he's a great choice as leader. Why? He's electable. So he might actually have a hope of getting you lot in power. However this is the Labour Party, which means there's a 99% chance they'll miss this open goal and vote in Emily Thornberry or somebody else all normal people will hate. Again