2015 newsmaker: Murphy's law – meet the man behind Corbynomics
by Heather Stewart from on (#Z5DS)
Tax expert Richard Murphy, widely credited with inspiring Labour's economic policy, explains why he's not suited to being behind the scenes
"It was amazing how quickly the cold shoulder came on." Richard Murphy, tax expert and father of Corbynomics, has heard nothing lately from Labour's shadow chancellor and Jeremy Corbyn's right-hand man, John McDonnell.
Back in the summer, when he was propelled into the political limelight by the Corbyn leadership campaign, which was keen to show it had a coherent economic platform, Murphy began to assume he would take a senior role in Labour's shadow Treasury team.
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