Yeh 30 odd years on the backbencher's is a real clue on his opportunist character fire , that opportunist I'd never heard of him till his name appeared on the list of candidates for the labour leadership .
I actually heard one of his early speeches when he first contested the labour leadership at a austerity demo in london , I hardly noticed he was on the stage that particular day .
The members seemed in my opinion to come to him and it ran from there .
There was nobody more surprised than Mr Corbyn when he won the labour leadership that I do know .