IF DAY One of the Corbyn era was messy, the second will have been adjudged, at least by his camp, a thumping success. The comrades loved him in Brighton and the sisters appear to have forgiven him, after what was arguably a fake row over female shadow cabinet posts in which the media and political critics involved scarcely held feminist credentials.
That the Cameron Government is pushing through the most draconian anti-trade union legislation in generations is gold dust for Mr Corbyn at this time.
It means he can appear as the reasonable voice in a debate in which Messrs Cameron and Osborne are playing the evil mill owners in lum hats.
The TUC adoration will carry a price in terms of condemnation in some quarters but it will focus the minds of a Labour Parliamentary group that must decide whether to put up or shut up on their new leader.
Mr Corbyn appears to command support not just in the trade unions but in the general community among those who feel wrecked and gutted by austerity.
Recent polling suggested a minor recovery for Labour in Scotland as a Corbyn leadership loomed, and yet we have reluctance from Kezia Dugdale to acknowledge this and Alistair Darling weighing in with a resolutely New Labour message at this of all times.
Mr Corbyn still looks like the school kid whose mum has to help him with his tie, but that is part of his appeal: not looking like a Blairite smoothie.
No matter how the media portray him as a bearded, bicycling weirdo, he is liked by those who have become cynical about conventional politicians.
The odds appear to have shifted against an early coup against him and, in truth, no-one knows how the longer term game will play out. On trade union rights he may prove to be closer to mainstream public opinion than the Government.
On dealing with the banking crisis and its aftermath his position is more populist than that of a Chancellor who has used quantitive easing to benefit the banking industry rather than the rest of society.
Is Mr Corbyn a potential prime minister? The universal view of pundits is no. But these would be the same pundits who ruled out the possibility of him being elected Labour leader in the first place, or the pundits who said the SNP would slide into oblivion after losing the referendum a year ago.
The point is that austerity and the refugee crisis have pushed UK and Scottish politics into uncharted territory.
Mr Corbyn won almost 60 per cent of the vote to be Labour leader and, in spite of some shrill headlines to the contrary, many people like what they see.
They seem to have admiration for someone who appears not to care about the usual political image building, who actually believes in politics and who is a standing reproach to the kind of parliamentarians who charged the taxpayer for duck houses and moats.
People are aware of the evidence of growing inequality in our society and Mr Corbyn’s radical policies to reverse that trend will garner support.
In Scotland the Yes campaign and subsequent surge of support for the SNP provided evidence of a growing unease with the manifestations of inequality and that is being seen in the Corbyn effect in politics south of the Border.
It is too early to say if the tide is turning throughout Britain but, if it is, Mr Corbyn could be the beneficiary.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here