On Saturday we will find out who will be the next leader of the Labour Party. Anyone interested in British politics will be watching closely regardless of their party affiliation. I am amongst the apparent majority of Conservatives who think that in the short term a victory for Jeremy Corbyn would be good for the incumbent government. If Corbyn wins the Labour Party look set for an extended period of infighting and who knows perhaps even another leadership election before too long. Electorally I expect his policies to be attractive to a small but vocal proportion of the population whilst lacking any credibility for the vast majority. If he is successful I anticipate the remaining years of this parliament and subsequent election being much easier for the Conservatives. That said I think that success for Corbyn could actually be very good for British politics, regardless of any perceived advantage to one side or the other. One of the biggest criticisms of the British politics is that it's too boring; they're all the same. Perhaps there is some truth in that. Politics has become more managerial, probably too managerial. It is no longer a competition of the big ideas, but rather of who can run the show better than the other chap. The reasons for this are not all bad. We have coalesced around the so-called 'centre ground' and as a largely prosperous, comfortable nation many of those big debates have been considered 'settled' in the last 20 years or so. The debate is no longer about whether there should be a state enforced minimum wage, but rather on whether it should increase by 10p or 20p and hour. We don't discuss the role of the state in old age, just on which year the pension age should rise from 65 to 66. The Labour party wanted to get a wider debate in their leadership election, perhaps they got one that was wider than anticipated. A wider debate in the country however may be not just to the short term benefit of the Conservatives, but perhaps to the long term benefit of political debate.