Labour answer to poll calamity? An inquest ... by loser Miliband

Man who let in Corbyn joins review... as old guard say it’s ‘laughable’

ED Miliband was ridiculed last night after he joined an inquest into why Labour lost the election – despite himself leading the party to a disastrous defeat.

The review, set up by the group Labour Together, is seeking to ‘map out a route to power’.

The panel will interview all 59 MPs who lost their seats during the fall of Labour’s ‘red wall’ of constituencies in the North of England, the Midlands and Wales.

Four years ago, Mr Miliband was Labour leader when the party suffered one of its worst defeats in decades, losing 26 seats and ushering in the first majority Conservative government since 1992.

He is also blamed for changing Labour Party membership rules, a move that shifted the party to the Left and let in Jeremy Corbyn.

The system under which the leader was elected was changed, reducing the power of MPs and allowing the public to take part for a £3 fee. It meant hard-Left activists were given a say even though they had previously campaigned for parties such as Respect and the Greens.

Lord Adonis, who served in the Cabinet under Gordon Brown, said: ‘I like Ed Miliband but the idea Ed is a suitable person to judge on Labour’s disastrous election, having lost one nearly as disastrously, is laughable.’

Ben Bradshaw, also a minister under Mr Brown, suggested the review should be carried out by ‘someone with experience of actually winning a general election’.

And former MP Tom Blenkinsop tweeted: ‘Ed Miliband to join review of Labour’s election failure. In June 2016 Ed called for Corbyn to stand down. There’s your conclusion.’

Labour Together, set up by leadership contender Lisa Nandy, is a network of activists from all wings of the party.

The commissioners behind the review said it was ‘wrong’ to blame the leadership or the party’s Brexit position for Labour’s heaviest election loss since 1935.

The review will be spearheaded by former education spokesman Lucy Powell and Birmingham

Ladywood MP Shabana Mahmood.

Other confirmed commissioners include Jo Platt, former MP for Leigh in Manchester, Sienna Rodgers, editor of LabourList, a website favourable to the party, and James Meadway, former economic adviser to Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell.

A trade union representative and a local organiser are also expected to join the panel.

Miss Powell said the inquiry would take a ‘real and meaningful