Chuka Umunna: I still won’t serve under Corbyn, despite EU u-turn

Chuka Umunna proved the Labour moderates still have a fan base at his first fringe appearance in Brighton. At a packed out Demos event, the former shadow business secretary and one-time leadership contender, said that a difference of opinion over the EU referendum was not the only reason he didn’t take a job in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet. Despite the Labour leader’s new position of campaigning to remain In come what may — outlined in this op-ed — Umunna suggested he still wouldn’t take a position:

‘We had a good discussion and quite of that actually was really thinking about things in this reshuffle, but there were a number of issues and the EU was one of them. I suppose what I didn’t want every time I had a difference in view from Jeremy for that to become some news story – there’d be some ongoing commentary as to whether you know, this is something I’m going to resign over or not.