When the Music's over.....

Labour Leadership Result/s
Leaderhip Elections 2020 Results

 

And so the Labour Party enters - along with the Nation - a new era.
One hopes that the situation that we find ourselves in today, and the new way of living, will see greater unity within the Nation as a whole, and between the Party leaderships work together to see the Country recover from a virus that has seen heartbreak and tragedy

 

labour leadership angela rayner on Twitter
I want to thank my fellow deputy candidates @DrRosena, @RichardBurgon, @IanMurrayMP and @DawnButlerBrent.
Their campaigns were filled with fight, and I know I've learnt a lot from each of them.
We will all work together to take the Labour Party from strength to strength.✊
Twitter · 40 mins ago

Angela Rayner MP

Jim Pickard -Whatever your politics, Labour's new deputy leader @AngelaRayner is an incredible role model for so many people out there Twitter · 5 hours ago​

Jeremy Corbyn - Congratulations @Keir_Starmer and @AngelaRayner. Being Labour Party leader is a great honour and responsibility. I look forward to working with Keir and Angela to elect the next Labour government and transform our country. #LabourLeadershipElection - Twitter · 5 hours ago​

UNISON - UK's largest union

Congratulations to @Keir_Starmer and @AngelaRayner, the new leader and deputy leader of @UKLabour! We look forward to working with them to keep public service workers at the heart of the national conversation. #LabourLeadershipElection Press release unsn.uk/3dO2oFj
Twitter · 6 hours ago

 

Who is? Angela Rayner?
Who is Labour's new deputy leader Angela Rayner?

 

SHADOW CABINET - Thoughts?
Who will be in Keir Starmer's shadow cabinet?

 

Making up a balanced shadow cabinet?
Keir Starmer promises to name balanced shadow cabinet

 

Ha !!! - don't make me laugh, - look who Starmer has brought back into his shadow cabinet !!! - turning the Party back into a shadow of Bliarism again !!!



Ed Miliband returns to the shadow cabinet

PA
Apr 6th 2020 10:08AM
Ed Miliband will return to the Labour frontbench under Sir Keir Starmer as the new leader revealed an overhauled shadow cabinet that includes his former leadership rivals.

Mr Miliband, who was succeeded by Jeremy Corbyn after leading the party to electoral defeat, was named as the new shadow business secretary on Monday.

My statement on being announced as the Shadow Business and Energy Secretary: pic.twitter.com/gxP5Jc1ZEC

— Ed Miliband (@Ed_Miliband) April 6, 2020
His predecessor in the role, Rebecca Long-Bailey, has been moved to education and joins fellow leadership rival Lisa Nandy in Sir Keir's top team.

David Lammy, a leading voice against the Windrush scandal who practised as a barrister, was named as shadow justice secretary.

Here is the Labour shadow cabinet in full:

– Keir Starmer, Leader of the Opposition

– Angela Rayner, Deputy Leader and Chair of the Labour Party

– Anneliese Dodds, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

– Lisa Nandy, Shadow Foreign Secretary

– Nick Thomas-Symonds, Shadow Home Secretary

– Rachel Reeves, Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

– David Lammy, Shadow Justice Secretary

– John Healey, Shadow Defence Secretary

– Ed Miliband, Shadow Business, Energy and Industrial Secretary

– Emily Thornberry, Shadow International Trade Secretary

– Jonathan Reynolds, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary

– Jonathan Ashworth, Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

– Rebecca Long-Bailey, Shadow Education Secretary

– Jo Stevens, Shadow Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

– Bridget Philipson, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury

– Luke Pollard, Shadow Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary

– Steve Reed, Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary

– Thangam Debbonaire, Shadow Housing Secretary

– Jim McMahon, Shadow Transport Secretary

– Preet Kaur Gill, Shadow International Development Secretary

– Louise Haigh, Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary (interim while Tony Lloyd is in hospital being treated for coronavirus)

– Ian Murray, Shadow Scotland Secretary

– Nia Griffith, Shadow Wales Secretary

– Marsha de Cordova, Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary

– Andy McDonald, Shadow Employment Rights and Protections Secretary

– Rosena Allin-Khan, Shadow Minister for Mental Health

– Cat Smith, Shadow Minister for Young People and Voter Engagement

– Lord Falconer, Shadow Attorney General

– Valerie Vaz, Shadow Leader of the House

– Nick Brown, Opposition Chief Whip

– Baroness Smith, Shadow Leader of the Lords

– Lord McAvoy, Lords' Opposition Chief Whip

 

That wasn't an opinion, it was; at the time, the latest intention of statement
The list you provided - to me - looks to be one that can mount a creditable opposition that the public would support - at the Polls.
Are you suggesting that the way to re-gain electoral confidence and votes would be to continue going along the Corbyn route of Leftism - if so, who would you have chosen to mount a strong challenge?

 

I'm not a member of the Labour Party, nor am I supporter. The Labour Party is far too 'soft' - it needs a dose of 'Stalinist' discipline !!!

 

I didn't say you were, but as you observed the make-up of H.M opposition with cynical eye, the question still stands,
Criticism is easy - whereas coming up with a observation comment of consideration does require a more acute understanding of strategic planning,

 

As above - do you really think that this is a Nation that would support that?
If that is what you believe then I afraid that you will be sadly disappointed - and only play into the arms of a conservative party legacy of government

 

Labour Leadership Contenders: - Aftermath
REBECCA LONG-BAILEY: Shadow Education Secretary
Promised a “top job” by Starmer during the campaign, she got one – but as the architect of Labour’s Green New Deal offer, it might come as a disappointment to be put in charge of education. It is presumed that she will simply continue Rayner’s work on the National Education Service policy. Resisting market forces in higher education is important to the Labour left, as is scrapping tuition fees, but she won’t be able to go further if Labour’s next manifesto must be slimmed down compared to the 2019 one
LISA NANDY: Shadow Foreign Secretary
Such a senior post was not entirely expected. It is a significant acknowledgement that Starmer respects the way in which she fought for the leadership. It is interesting that she has been picked for this rather than Shadow Home Secretary, in a move that may actually represent one of the biggest breaks from Corbynism under Starmer.
She was the only leadership candidate to pro-actively talk about foreign policy during the campaign when she stated that the Corbyn team “failed on Russia” and its response to the Salisbury attack was “totally wrong”.
EMILY THORNBERRY: Shadow International Trade Secretary.
Demoted. She was expected to leave shadow cabinet altogether, though, Starmer clearly wasn’t unimpressed by her leadership campaign. It also means we’ll see head-to-heads with Liz Truss, which will be highly enjoyable.
Others: = Fresh faces, few factions: Labour's new shadow cabinet - LabourList

 

A Guardian's viewpoint:
The Guardian view on Keir Starmer: a serious politician

 

Whereas the 'i' is somewhat less optimistic for swift change/s:
Sir Keir Starmer has started well, but it will take time to regenerate toxic Labour

 

Re-shaping of the Party continues.
Angela Rayner to stand in for Keir Starmer at PMQs

 

Along with ...
Starmer appoints Phillips to Labour front bench as he reveals full line-up