A leading ally of Jeremy Corbyn has embraced a plan to elect the shadow cabinet, meaning critics of the Labour leader returning to the shadow cabinet if he wins the party leadership contest in two weeks’ time. Emily Thornberry, shadow foreign secretary, said MPs “owe it to the Labour Party to work together”, while the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, said he would like to see Owen Smith, the leadership challenger, return to the top team. If we are going to have them elected maybe we should be thinking about party conference or the membership having some sort of input into that. What are we afraid of? But Ms Thornberry also suggested that shadow cabinet ministers could be elected by the whole of the Labour Party, potentially strengthening the position of Mr…

Source: The Times September 12, 2016 10:52 UTC