The veteran labour mp for islington north was elected party leader with nearly 60% of the vote in the wake of the party's 2015 election defeat. a left-winger first elected to parliament in 1983. Labour rebels have pledged to defy jeremy corbyn's new front bench by using their own "shadow shadow cabinet" to take policy positions which contradict their leader.. Labour shadow cabinet minister still employs son as taxpayer-funded spin doctor despite drug offence fox news host jesse watters reads out his liberal mom's hilarious scolding texts advising.