John Woodcock has the last laugh on Trident

On Monday, it was the shadow Defence Secretary rather than the shadow Chancellor who made the biggest splash with their speech. Alas it was for the wrong reason — Clive Lewis had his speech changed at last minute by Seumas Milne to remove a pledge that Labour ‘would not seek to change’ its support for the renewal of Trident.

Since then there has been much confusion over who in the party thinks what. While Corbyn’s office changed the speech — leading Lewis to allegedly punch a wall — the shadow Defence Secretary has since told the Guardian that he ‘won’t be coming back to conference between now and the next election to try to undo the policy we have on Trident as things stand’.

While it’s unclear whether Jeremy Corbyn actually meant for this to be the party’s policy, this hasn’t stopped his comrades from jumping on the news. Step forward John Woodcock.