Another Clause Four moment: Corbyn has gone to the heart of the struggle for the soul of the Labour Party – but risks choosing the wrong solution

The rest of the population can be forgiven a certain bemusement, but the debate ignited by Jeremy Corbyn in The Independent on Sunday cuts to the heart of the fateful struggle currently under way for the soul of the Labour Party. However painful the feelings this aroused, however perilous the reopening of old wounds and whatever the efforts by Mr Corbyn’s backers to deny that he meant anything important by his clear and concise comments, this is the argument the party could not avoid having. Better to get on with it.