He hasn't though, has he re: Israel. The other day he said something fairly clear about what he'd do when/if in power, which I thought was pretty good. And now he has got rid of Faiza and let Akehurst run for a seat.
If no one cares about Abbott, why has she been the local MP for 30+ years? That's impressive for any MP in a democracy, regardless of the party. It might get more people to vote for labour because of peoples weird hatred of her, but they will also lose a seat if she runs as an independent. So that's possibly two seats chucked away now, maybe even three because people are 'too left'