Starmer has spent the afternoon dodging questions from journalists on Sue Gray’s ridiculous non-presence at the inaugural meeting of the Council of Nations and Regions in Scotland. He was asked why she wasn’t there and said: “We’ve just had the first meeting of the Council of Nations and Regions.” He can’t even dodge a question properly…
He was asked again why Gray wasn’t present and just said that “we’ve got a long way down the road of collaborating” to get investment in the regions. So he didn’t bother maintaining the line from this morning that Sue’s having a well-deserved break…
Starmer was asked about Guido’s story yesterday and whether he would approve Sue’s severance pay. Didn’t answer that one either…
He repeated:
“We’ve had a really important meeting today.”
The farce continues…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”