Torsten Bell, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Yuan Yang, Josh Simons, et al … The parliamentary Labour party hasn’t been awash with talent in recent years, but it is about to get hundreds of new MPs. Many are young talents who have been parachuted into safe seats by party HQ. They include Torsten Bell, former chair of the deeply influential centre-left think tank Resolution who has just penned a blueprint for “rebuilding Britain” after 14 years of Conservative government. Then there is Miatta Fahnbulleh, a big economic brain who has succeeded Harriet Harman as MP in Peckham. Yuan Yang, a Financial Times journalist and China expert, has just published her first history book as she enters the Commons. And Josh Simons, 30, spent the last few years running the Labour Together think tank, which addressed the question of how the party might win power and address Britain’s problems. These names and many others will become more prominent in the coming years.
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