As someone who did not expect this outcome I am in no position to advise him how best to proceed. He will be himself and we will all wonder at where this will take the country. The first thing to recognise, however, is what he and his team have achieved and how they have done it. The answer is simple, elemental and yes – just what Mandelson did not want – utterly twenty first century. They have turned Labour into a social movement.
The commentariat, trapped by the limitations of its old media platforms and parliamentary expectations gossips about who Corbyn will promote into his shadow cabinet. This is not without its importance. But he is never asked about how Momentum is organising which is now much more significant. Corbyn’s authority is not rooted in his House of Commons support but in his capacity to call millions onto the streets to save the NHS should he say the word.
