Diane Abbott seems a somewhat ironic choice for shadow health secretary.
I’m not sure what to make of it all! Corbyn couldn’t really play the part of somebody vociferously in favour of staying in Europe as he has been a critic of Europe for several decades. Had he been a bigger remain voice then he would have been criticised as a hypocrite. The PLP may be shedding members but, oddly enough, the more Blairites they shed the more palatable they probably are to their voters, especially the new ones that came in with Corbyn. It is also refreshing to have a party moving out the political centre ground, even if you have no intention of voting for them, as it will probably stave off voter apathy either way. I think Corbyn was a necessary first step to get Labour out of a post-Blair fug, but I never imagined he would serve a full term.
The implosions both within labour and the tories don’t seem to be felt too much up here in Scotland. Our FM is taking the Brexit vote as a means of pushing for a new independence referendum, with the Scottish labour and Scottish conservative parties being opposed to this. It feels as though the FM is treating Scotland as a de facto separate country and, given the implosions in both parties down South, she seems to be making some ground.
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