Of all of Labour’s dubious cheerleaders, none is more prolific on Twitter than Dr Éoin Clarke. The clip art-loving activist — who has a PhD in Irish feminism — managed to spend the majority of the general election campaign, and subsequent Labour leadership election, creating photoshops.
While both Ed Miliband and Andy Burnham’s team were at first amused by the doodles, Burnham later took steps to distance himself — clarifying that the photoshops were not ‘official campaign material’.
Now it appears that Clarke is out in the cold when it comes to the Labour party. Back in December when reports of Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘revenge reshuffle’ were doing the rounds, Clarke declared online that he would not believe the ‘UK gutter press’ as he had been informed that the next Labour reshuffle would take place on May 9.
He was proven wrong, with a reshuffle taking place shortly after his statement. This ‘revenge reshuffle’ saw Michael Dugher sacked as shadow Culture Secretary.
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