The first big test of Mr Corbyn's new authority is whether he can persuade big beasts, such as former Cabinet minister Yvette Cooper and
former shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna, to serve under him in the shadow cabinet.
Former shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna said: «After eight years of Tory misrule, most people thoroughly tired of austerity, a disastrous Brexit negotiation, the Windrush outrage and four cabinet resignations in six months, we should be well ahead and we are not.
Not exact matches
Conversation frequently turns to who could lead the party after another defeat in 2020: the
former paratrooper Dan Jarvis; the
shadow business secretary,
Chuka Umunna (who withdrew from the race after just a few days); the
former director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer; even David Miliband.
Chuka Umunna, the
former shadow business secretary, told ITV's Good Morning Britain: «Essentially, those who want us to leave can't answer the question: «Will we be able to have all the benefits that we have in the EU, being part of that big, free trade, single market trading zone if we come out, can you guarantee that?»
The
former shadow business secretary, Labour MP
Chuka Umunna, said: «It is absolutely vital, as the party of work and social justice, that we have a clear and unequivocal policy to keep the UK in the single market and the customs union.