I comment on Starmer's shadow cabinet reshuffle, looking at the macro-politics and also the impact on Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. I have studied two of these topics in some detail and hope my insights are useful. For more, use the "Read More" button ...
Ed Miliband reshuffled Labour’s Shadow Cabinet earlier this week, 1½ weeks after the #lab13 and since three of Len McCluskey’s four horsemen of austerity have been either demoted or sacked many, particularly the Tory blogosphere saw this and reflected on it as a reinforcement of Miliband’s conference speech vector and a move to the Left. The full story is probably more nuanced than the stories told by the mainly right wing commentariat but you can take your choice from Red Ed stamps McClusky’s Marxism on Labour to Miliband punishes the poor messengers. …