Agreed. The Burnham effect would swing things significantly. As I said, many would see it as a chance to stick the knife into SKS too.
It’s possible that it wouldn’t take a huge shift in the rhetoric, narrative, approach etc for people to reduce the need for blood with regards Labour. A few publicly curated wins, some slightly healthier economic metrics and some sweet talking, AB could potentially stabilise things. Then from a more rebust position start going to town on Farage and his £5m (it’s for security….er…I mean a reward for Brexit….and….er…..I just bought a massive house….) gift from international crypto billionaires. OK, so I might be fantasising a little there…