Something has changed on the Labour Party’s leadership website, and we can’t say for certain that all is well.
Yes folks, candidate John McDonnell’s scarlet red v-neck jumper has made a surreptitious appearance, after he was pictured on the same site yesterday wearing a suit and tie. Nobody else seems to have changed their picture.
Perhaps this is symbolic of Mr McDonnell’s desire to see the party make a shift left from the politics of New Labour. While I would like to cautiously welcome this iconoclastic move, I think it is worth taking stock. Firstly, the suit look wasn’t bad at all. It was a good photo! Secondly, this kind of thing has all been tried before, and without the effect that McDonnell presumably desires.
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