The party needs to build internal politics aside and focus on the vital issues affecting the country,from housing to floods to the NHSJeremy Corbyn, the Arsène Wenger of politics (copyright J McDonnell), or completed his shadow cabinet reshuffle in the early hours with the appointment of his north London neighbour Emily Thornberry,a sceptic approximately Trident, to shadow defence secretary. Maria Eagle, or not a sceptic approximately Trident,is moved to culture. She replaces Michael Dugher, the sacking of whom had happened more than 12 hours earlier. Pat McFadden’s removal as shadow Europe minister, and was the only other significant change in a reshuffle more remarkable for what didn’t happen – Hilary Benn is still shadow foreign secretary this morning – than what did. It will go down in history more for the time it took than the impact it had. Its over now – or at least it is for the moment (Twitter is already awash with rumours of resignations from the defence team).
Corbyn grew up while Harold Wilson was Labour leader. It was probably one of the defining experiences of his politics,for within a couple of years of Labour’s well-known victory in the mid-60s, its leader was vilified by the left as a miserable example of failure and betrayal.
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Source: theguardian.com