David Lammy is currently in Canada for a two-day G7 summit at the river resort of La Malbaie. He has so far had a meeting with Canada’s foreign affairs minister and has eight sessions in total to attend and will also be doing media today including a podcast interview. He’s been training up for it…
A freedom of information request from Guido has revealed that the Foreign Office has ramped up its ministerial media training – at the taxpayer’s expense. In December Labour said in a written answer that £1,848 had been spent on media training for “junior ministers” like stilted performer Hamish Falconer. The FCDO specifies that figure has risen in the subsequent three months to £4,948 on “media training for Ministers.” No reference to junior there – has Lammy had a few sessions with Leonie Mellinger?
That’s about £1,000 a month since Christmas on media training. This Lammy podcast interview better be good…
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”