The Tory leadership fiasco is not necessarily good news for progressives

True, Tories will now have to choose between nearly unelectable leaders. But elections aren't the only game in town—and there's one front on which Labour, and even Britain, are especially vulnerable.

As the news broke that Conservative MPs now have to choose either Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick as the next party leader, Labour and its supporters began celebrating their own election victory. Not the one three months ago, which somehow already feels like a distant dream. The next one, at least four years early.

The glee is understandable. Jenrick is…