Corbyn should whip his 247 MPs to support someone else ?
Or Swinson could whip her 18 MPs to support him ?
Neither would give a majority, but at least the leader of 247 MPs is conventionally the first choice to be asked to see if he can gain the confidence of a majority.
A leader who was elected by far more membership votes than any of the party leaders
The problem is that Labour know what happened the last time they put country before party to sort out a Tory mess:
when Brown & Scottish Labour helped out Cameron on the Indie Ref
- Labour suffered the electoral consequences; the Tories not much
If Corbyn steps aside, the Tory GE campaign can use this, that even his MPs preferred someone else
To avoid this, he would have to step down as leader and his hard left faction would lose much influence
Corbyn doesn't have the motivation to sacrifice himself, his party and his wing of the party
- He is a Lexiter, unlike the Remainers who make up 90% of the Opposition
- He wants to smash the Thatcherite / neoliberal legacy and replace it with a socialist one - a No Deal disaster provides the opportunity
He'll only stand aside / down if at 70 he really has had enough of the pressure and wants to retire.
No sign yet of this atm.
The other path to avoiding No Deal - still only low probability -
lies in the hands of those Tories, including even some anonymous Cabinet ministers, who say if it comes down to the final few days, then they won't allow No Deal
reports are that they will then try to force through the WA
In Germany and in the reports we get from Brussels, No Deal is thought the most likely outcome,
even if delayed until after a GE or a January / March extension.
That's because the HoC still cannot decide on any available option
Voting for the BJ option is regarded as just posing, in the No Deal blame game