The_Walrus wrote:
Join Labour, and vote for candidates in this order:
1) Kendall
2) Cooper
3) Burnham
4) Corbyn
That's the order in which they are likely to take votes off the Conservatives and win election in 2020. Not only are they likely to directly take votes off the Conservatives, but the further Labour are to the right, historically the better that third parties have done (see: 1997).
Tbh Labour has lost so much credibility, there is big question mark whether they would remain the second party, it is a dependent on if Lib Dems might can convince the public that without clegg, they would be a credible challenge.
Certainly the current runner have so little creditably it would have to be another leadership election (remember the conservatives had several leader in opposition).
In fact the candidates that withdrew, probably did so for that reason, they didn't think the party was ready for them.