Border Security Minister Angela Eagle had the morning round for the government. She deployed the ‘snark and spite’ strategy for dealing with questions about Starmer’s snowballing Passes for Glasses scandal…

Eagle decided to instantly snap when asked why Starmer shouldn’t buy his own glasses when he earns £166,000 a year, repeatedly saying: “Well why don’t you ask him.“ She added that she wasn’t “responsible for decisions the Prime Minister made” and doesn’t have an opinion. This comms strategy just gets better and better…

Stig Abell pressed the point:

“I’ll tell you why you might have an opinion because Angela Rayner had an opinion when Boris Johnson was getting money from donors. She tweeted: ‘What right does a man who complains he can’t live on £150,000 a year and asks Tory donors to fund his luxury wallpaper habit have to lecture someone trying to survive on £80 a week?’ that’s what Labour attacked Boris Johnson for doing.”

Eagle’s reply?

“OK you’ve had your rant.“

That’s sure to get the public on side…