With Jeremy Corbyn’s Shadow Cabinet now somewhat depleted, brains at Labour are left with less choice when it comes to who to send onto the airwaves to protect the leader’s honour. As a result, readers ought to expect to hear a lot more from Diane Abbott — the newly appointed Shadow Health Secretary — in the coming days. Alas this may not be exactly what the beleaguered Labour leader needs as he continues to try and fend off the threat of a vote of no confidence.
This morning Abbott appeared on the Today programme to make the case for Corbyn’s survival. Abbott said that if there was another leadership election, she was confident that Corbyn stood a very good chance of winning once again. However, when Sarah Montague asked how the party would then do in a subsequent General Election.
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