“The most dangerous thing is to elect the anointed heir”: The Diane Abbott LabourList interview  

Now the ballots have dropped, what's the feeling in Camp Abbott? Well, in Camp Abbott, we think there's everything to play for. What we keep reminding people is that although the Westminster insiders say I'm coming last and can't win, the polls show that among Labour Party members and trade union members, who will also have a vote, I'm easily third, easily beating Ed Balls and Andy Burnham, and in some polls, I'm second behind David Miliband. So we've got everything to play for. We also remind people that when Harriet Harman won the deputy leadership election, everyone wrote her off in the lead up. She didn't have the money, she didn't have the trade union backing, but she won on second preferences. So we've got everything to play for. And I think a lot of people who think I can't win don't understand the electoral system. And yet you made the...