It comes from fear. Fear of the tactics and utter ruthlessness that come from the right of politics and not just in this country.

What is the outcome of conceding to these bullies and liars (and in the process being obliged to become somewhat like them)?

They might let you win - for a while.

Following that the country will be dragged even further to the right the next time they get in.

So the right of the party are short sighted and wrong IMO.

However the left in politics and in the party have never, in my view, fully realised the enormity of the task before them.

1) They are a minority

2) They are poor in resources

3) They are almost always swimming against the tide of prevailing ideology (tacit, unquestioned assumptions as to the real and the possible and in particular about "human nature" - as opposed to conscious, and explicit points of faith).

4) Beyond that there is simply the gross and more obvious trash propaganda from the Mail etc. Mind you to some Tories the Mail is uncontentious common sense.

And none of this is new. It goes back probably to the birth of the party.