Of all the criticisms levelled at the eight MPs who left Labour in 2019 to join Change UK, the centrist, pro-European and ultimately short-lived party, one is easy to refute: that they were careerist.
Keir Starmer is overwhelmingly likely to be the next prime minister, Rachel Reeves chancellor, Wes Streeting health secretary – Corbynsceptics all. As for Luciana Berger, Chuka Umunna, and Gavin Shuker, none of them are even in parliament.
