Pat Glass has resigned her post as shadow education secretary, just two days after being appointed to fill the post following the resignation of Lucy Powell. What’s going on?
Glass was a surprise appointment by Jeremy Corbyn to fill the post of shadow Europe minister following the sacking of Pat McFadden in his last reshuffle, but quickly impressed both the European parliamentary party and the Remain campaign. MEPs went from briefing that they’d had to Google her following her appointment to singing her praises.
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