https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-52164589

We'll have to wait and see but given people like George Osborne were endorsing him I'm not sure if this bodes well for Labour or not. Starmer seems to be favoured more by the neoliberal side of Labour but has also said he wants to maintain Labour's socialist policies to some extent. He comes from a working class background which is a plus although I'm not sure if that will be enough to win back northern working class voters who were put off by Labour's PV stance which was pushed by Starmer himself.

So I guess we've either got a new leader who can bring together both the moderate and leftist wings of the Labour party or just another milquetoast Blairite.

I think his choice of shadow cabinet should give a good early indicator of the direction he might take Labour in. Though if he does go for a compromise route and loses the next election that'll basically guarantee that the next leader will be a full-on Blairite.

Rosena Allin-Khan seems like an obvious choice for Health Sec right now, don't know much about her positions but having an actual NHS doctor in the shadow cabinet, especially in the current crisis opposite Matt Hancock of all people, may be beneficial. Just please don't give Jess Phillips a position.

EDIT: some positions coming out now
Shadow Chancellor - Anneliese Dodds
Foreign Secretary - Lisa Nandy
Home Secretary - Nick Thomas-Symonds
Cabinet Office - Rachel Reeves
Health Secretary - Jon Ashworth

"Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer"

don't know what that means but it sounds awesome

It's basically the oppositions answer to the British equivalent of the treasury secretary.

Well if the leaked report is anything to go by, Labour truly is fucked.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/apr/12/hostility-to-corbyn-curbed-labour-efforts-to-tackle-antisemitism-says-leaked-report

This is somehow more sinister than what the Democrats have been doing. Blairites really are fucking ghouls. We could be three years into a Labour government if not for these people.

Some choice passages from the report:

Quote from: Fedorekd on April 13, 2020, 05:15:48 AM

Well if the leaked report is anything to go by, Labour truly is fucked.

Jesus christ man, these arseholes ruined it for everyone. Why not just join the Tories if they insist on pushing right wing policies, at this rate their the only ones implementing anything.

Where are the screengrabs from the report from? I can't find a link on the guardian article to read myself.

They're just taken from various tweets I found talking about it. I think the link to the PDF was provided on Owen Jones' Twitter at least but can't remember.

Will anyone even consider voting labor if they are not pro-EU? Quite smart to alienate people when saying people's vote or the referendum doesn't count.