Labour has a vast national membership, a committed base of loyal activists, experienced parliamentarians and a talented new generation of politicians.
He sure wants us to think so, but I'm not sure that anyone other than the party's most loyal activists will buy it.
"What is going to happen is that we're going to lose a large number of very loyal activists who have gone out and campaigned for us over the years and who don't like this idea, so politically it's barking mad".
Mr Davies said the party would lose loyal activists if it pressed ahead with the policy.
Monmouth MP David Davies said the party risked losing a "large number of very loyal activists" if it went ahead.
"What is going to happen is that we're going to lose a large number of very loyal activists who've gone out and campaigned for us over the years and who don't like this idea, so politically it's barking mad".
Most candidates are by this point seeking to find and persuade undecided voters, not beseeching the most loyal party activists.
"When I first put my hat in the ring, several very tried-and-true and loyal Democratic activists from our community said, "What?
Attendees were a mix of loyal Republican activists and bikers in leather vests who sported tattoos from an era before body modification was considered hip.
They will argue that Bermondsey shows what happens when the leadership plays the media's game, and tries to stamp on loyal Left activists in local parties.
