Is there an agenda behind the latest inquiry into Labour’s defeat?

The conclusions of the report are unsurprising, writes John Rentoul, but could the need for an unprecedented turnaround unite the party’s warring factions?

Labour leader Keir Starmer alongside his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn (PA)

The blandly titled Election Review 2019 has attracted a lot of attention for its three main conclusions: that Jeremy Corbyn was unpopular; that Labour tried to face both ways on Brexit; and that the party’s spending promises were not credible. Given that these fairly obvious conclusions were well known the day after the election, if not before, what is going on?

Who is behind this inquiry?

Most of the coverage has focused on former leader Ed Miliband – who was one of 15 commissioners who oversaw the report – not least because it allows sarcastic comments about his own record of winning elections for the Labour Party.