Owen Smith may also run. It is unclear if Corbyn is automatically on the ballot, if he needs nominations again (which he may not get).
Now maybe, they would go ahead and vote no confidence as a formality, like taking the Chiltern Hundreds, but it's wiggle room.
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huh, interesting!
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You could argue that calling an election now, with Labour in chaos, is exactly what the new law was supposed to prevent.
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you could also imagine anti-Corbyn Labour MP's (i.e. nearly all of them) voting against a no confidence motion on that basis.
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