BBC reports more to follow
The Labour Party announcement quotes David saying:
The Labour Party is a fantastic organisation and I am looking forward to working with members, stakeholders and staff to achieve our objectives.
Hear, hear. Having been worked against for the last 10 years, this will be a welcome change for members.
For regular readers of this blog, the appointment is to be welcomed for reasons set out here on this blog and here in this week's Tribune magazine.