Number 10 is desperately spinning Jonathan Reynolds’ CV embellishment as a mere “admin error,” with Labour minister Diana Johnson trotted out this morning to insist his claim to be a solicitor—which as Guido revealed, he was not—was just a “slip of the tongue.” But it wasn’t just a one-off mistake. Reynolds didn’t just claim to be a ‘solicitor’ in the Commons, on LinkedIn, and on his online website. His title was also upgraded in his official bio in The Times Guide to the House of Commons…
Back in 2010, after first being elected, his bio correctly listed him as a “trainee solicitor.” By 2019, that had mysteriously evolved into “solicitor.” Quite the self-promotion…
Meanwhile, both Reform and (finally) the Tories are calling for Reynolds to be sacked. Reynolds in trouble…
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”
