Angela Eagle: shadow cabinet ‘united’ under Corbyn

His current shadow justice secretary, Lord Falconer, said he would resign if Labour did anything less than back the “Stay” campaign.

Meanwhile, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron raised the prospect of defections to his party, claiming he had received “unsolicited texts” from well-known Labour figures “distressed” about the direction Mr Corbyn was taking them.

In a statement, Mr Corbyn said: “We have delivered a unifying, dynamic, inclusive new shadow cabinet which for the first time ever has a majority of women”.

“I came into politics because I wanted to make a positive difference”.

The Islington North MP had earlier vowed to create a less theatrical PMQs than has been previously exhibited and he started this process by using questions submitted to him by members of the public to quiz Mr Cameron, rather than his own.

By “developing”, Mr Corbyn was referring to Mr Cameron’s negotiations with Brussels.

“I think extraordinary is the right word but they will be offended by it as well and… that should have been thought through”.

Can an economic policy fashioned by new leader Jeremy Corbyn and shadow chancellor John McDonnell achieve that?

“The construct here, with a central bank that has operational independence to achieve a mandate that is defined by parliament, is the right model”, he told the TSC.

But he told the Croydon Guardian today: “Yes, I backed a different candidate but it was an open election with a clear victor and the key thing now is for the whole party to unite around our leader so that we can defeat the Tories”.

All eyes were on the new Labour leader, a formerly obscure MP and pacifist campaigner, following his landslide victory on Saturday and eventful first few days.

So I wonder if a system that operates very successfully in Switzerland would work here in the UK?

If he opposed the changes won by Cameron, Corbyn said he would argue for remaining within Europe to change them, something he said “would be a manifesto position up to 2020”, when Britain is to hold its next general election.

Meanwhile Mr Corbyn yesterday moved to professionalise his so-far chaotic leadership operation by appointing a press spokesman, former Communication Workers Union media chief Kevin Slocombe.