In British politics, enjoying the sort of majority the current government can boast—however one has arrived at it—pretty much means you can do what you like. The British asylum system does cost the taxpayer huge amounts of money, but it’s also really tawdry and cruel. Sultana immediately responded by threatening to sue for defamation (a threat she has since dropped, apparently hoping to reconcile). For all this, however, Corbyn’s dithering has at least managed to inadvertently provide the British left with some small grounds for hope. The British left is not at a moment when it can afford to be divided, and yet it is apparently determined to divide itself.