Admittedly he was an afterthought for the role,
only moving into the
Cabinet once the
resignation of David Laws saw Danny Alexander shifted from Scotland to the Treasury, but his time there has been impressive: Moore navigated the Scotland Act through Parliament and was doing a good job in ensuring the referendum on Scottish independence was being held on the government's terms.
The indications coming out of John McDonnell and Jeremy Corbyn yesterday were that the shadow ministers would be able to keep their jobs, with McDonnell suggesting that defiance of a three - line whip
only mandated the
resignation of a Shadow
Cabinet member and Corbyn stressing that he is «very lenient».