It’s all change in The Labour Party (again), as Jeremy Corbyn reshuffles the shadow cabinet he wants to help him take it to the Tories.
Now far be it from us to underplay the importance of having a strong opposition as we gear up for Brexit, but as far as we’re concerned the biggest thing to come out of today’s news was the newly re-elected leader’s bombshell admission that he was – and literally nobody could have seen this one coming – a ‘proud Welshwoman’.
That’s right. Jeremy Corbyn, the well-liked spearhead of Labour, is actually a woman from Wales. He definitely hasn’t mentioned this before.
But it’s all there in writing. Corbyn took to Twitter early on Thursday morning to publicly congratulate Cardiff Central MP Jo Stevens on her appointment as shadow Welsh secretary on his new-look front-bench team.
And that’s when it happened.
Welcome @JoStevensLabour to the position of Shadow Welsh Secretary – as a proud Welshwoman I know the dedication with which she’ll serve
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) October 6, 2016
We’ve learnt a lot about Jeremy Corbyn in recent months: his general indifference to Pokemon Go, his eye for an Arsenal transfer and his apparent obliviousness to Ant and Dec being just a few earth-shattering revelations about the 67-year-old Islington North MP.
But not once have we had him down as a proud Welshwoman.
Here’s how the internet reacted.
https://twitter.com/AndyTaylor78/status/784081222964285440
I fully support your gender transition.
— Sir Webblyingworth Brian Squirrelingtonshire 🐿 (@WebSquirrel) October 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/denzwashington1/status/784087312875548672
https://twitter.com/Jacksutcliffe88/status/784099022327861249
About time we had a Welsh Woman in this position
— ME (@ShittinPants) October 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/ryanjohnson1996/status/784114296330616832
Incredible stuff.
