| After a dramatic few days for the Labour party we bring you all our coverage from the weekend plus comment on the latest developments as Jeremy Corbyn announces his new shadow cabinet.
As the scale of his win became clear, we carried this piece on why the left-winger's victory was the final insult to Tony Blair - the man whose repeated interventions did more to help Corbyn than anything he did himself. And in an article for Politics.co.uk this morning, a former senior adviser in the House of Commons suggests it was actually the control-freak tendencies of New Labour which paved the way for Corbyn-mania.
We also look at the first appointments to the shadow Cabinet. Most of the controversy has centred around Corbyn's selection of John McDonnell as shadow chancellor and the fact no women have secured one of the top four jobs. But we suggest his biggest mistake so far is choosing Andy Burnham as shadow home secretary. Not only did this prevent him from giving the job to a woman but it also means the position is now filled by a New Labour authoritarian who was the most hapless operator of the leadership election and whose stance on immigration is far from Corbyn's positive rhetoric on the issue.
And finally, with the media awash with predictions of doom and disaster for the Corbyn-led Labour party, in this piece we suggest he is likely to far exceed the low expectations imposed on him. | 
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