Editorial: Now that the rebel has a cause, and a mandate to fight for it, will Jeremy Corbyn's critics have a change of heart and get behind the new Labour leader?
Following his landslide victory at the weekend Corbyn has a battle on his hands to conjure up something akin to unity in the Labour ranks.
While the scale of his victory – winning by a greater margin than Tony Blair in 1994, albeit under a different voting system – would lead many to describe it as convincing, the entrenched incumbents in the higher echelons of the Labour Party are far from persuaded and consensus is some way off.
Former party leadership hopefuls Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall have already voted with their feet and walked away from the possibility of serving under Corbyn's lead. Meanwhile Andy Burnham has been granted the post of shadow home secretary.
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Sometimes in life you have to make the best of what you've been landed with.
Think of the pensions industry at the turn of 2014: it probably wouldn't have lobbied to bring about freedom and choice of its own volition, but that's what the Budget that year brought and the industry has been trying to make the best of the situation ever since.
In fact, the changes that once brought looks of horror to the faces of the UK's pension system engineers are now viewed by many as a distinct opportunity, a chance to innovate and take the lead in a new era.
Given enough time, a once-unpalatable change can become the nudge that is needed to bring about improvement (and profits, in some cases).
And as many in the industry have come around to freedom and choice and its potential (despite the terrifying timescale in which to make it happen), I imagine a great deal of the more right-leaning Labour MPs will get on board with the battle that lies ahead for the party.
In both of the above examples, the one thing that unites the players is clarity on what they don't want: a system that does not serve the best interests of ordinary people.
Maxine Kelly is editor at Pensions Expert. You can follow her on Twitter @MaxineEK and the team @pensions_expert
