It's been a torrid 18 months for jeremy corbyn, at least in terms of shadow cabinet manoeuvres. a flurry of resignations in the run-up to the recent brexit bill forced the labour leader to. The veteran labour leftwinger is best friends with mr corbyn and co-ordinated his election campaign. it is thought he was promised the top job some time ago. the mp for hayes and harlington. The party leader is facing a mounting revolt from his own side over his failure to condemn moscow following the attempted murder of a former spy on uk soil..