It seems that Jeremy Corbyn’s reshuffle has actually started for real. This is what Michael Dugher, Shadow Culture Secretary, has just tweeted:
Dugher losing his job isn’t a huge surprise given his comments on Pienaar’s Politics at the weekend. The Barnsley East MP told the programme that Corbyn would be left with a ‘politburo of seven’ if he only appointed supporters. He has been an outspoken campaigner against the Labour leader’s plans for a ‘revenge reshuffle’, perhaps having decided that it might be better to go down in a final blaze of fighting.
It will be interesting to see what the response is from Dugher’s ally Tom Watson, the party’s deputy leader. Both men have been very vocal in their criticism of Corbynite grassroots group Momentum. And given Andy Burnham also tried to persuade Corbyn to give Dugher a senior job, it undermines the Shadow Home Secretary, too.
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