Snap verdict on #Labour2018 and Corbyn speech 1/ This is a different party than the one that elected him. 2/3 of members new, most centre left MPs have refocused their project around that of the leadership...
2/ The programme has "settled down" - they have a programme for govt, just need to communicate it, as with upcoming PPB tonight...
3/ Labour has a clear Brexit strategy that can destroy the Tories and and save the nation...
4/ Labour developing strong alternatives at local level eg Preston, Manchester, Newham - by drawing on European left experience
5/ Business is getting its head round the likelihood of a left Labour govt. more suits, more corporate stands, more attempts to find common agenda, more gold credit cards in the hotel bars... (Yay!)
6/ @TWT_NOW was biggest ever and continued the work of building a common left thought-architecture beyond Corbyn's own political tradition...
7/ Corbyn himself looked confident and relaxed, mingling with ppl and intensely interested in the alternative agendas swirling around him...
7/ the speech put him on common sense ground with voters - the new consensus - with occasional dramatic and inspirational moments like the pledge to recognise 🇵🇸
9/ Shadow ministers and PADs look hungry for government - but I want to see key Shadow Cabinet figures set out their own personal beliefs and agendas more... it can't be all about JC...
10/ I want to see more culture - ours is a cultural battle; Labour does well eg with football, but there's a big cultural world out there - a creative economy worth billions and doing incalculable public good; it needs to be showcased by Labour
