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Dr Éoin Clarke’s Shadow Cabinet reshuffle fails to materialise

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’.

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