There hasn’t been much in the way of flattering briefing from Starmer’s ‘reset’ away day when the PM dragged his Cabinet ministers to Chequers. Some thin gruel has appeared in the press. It was a dud…
Starmer is said in a briefing to the Times to have given ministers a “rallying cry” and assured them that they were “the most working-class cabinet of all time… This is a time for fighters.” Bizarre class content from private school boy…
Guido hears that ministers came back without much of an impression of a ‘reset.’ Instead Keir was said to be “pretty chilled out” according to one government source. There was “no thumping on tables” from the PM – so much for a “fighter”…
Kemi Badenoch at the 1922-ConHome bash last night:
“I did praise [Burnham] for his stamina, it was amazing. All I had to do was sit back and lie there. I didn’t have to do anything at all…”