Damian McBride is back doing comms again. It’s been a long road…
McPoison was hired by Yvette Cooper as a policy SpAd last year strictly to “lead on fraud policy.” McBride last did spin and attack for Emily Thornberry at which point he led on Labour’s hypocritical “GPC Files” project…
As Cooper’s other four SpAds go on various holidays throughout Summer Guido hears McBride is back doing communications work for Cooper and has been picking up on it generally. This comes at the same time as the Home Office press operation becomes increasingly combative with journalists. Unflushable…
Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar said in his speech marking the launch of the Scottish Parliament election campaign:
“The UK Labour government has many meaningful achievements which they need to shout louder about, but it is also fair to say that they haven’t got everything right. And there are many challenges they still must confront. I get it. I don’t just see it. I feel it across Scotland. I know the Prime Minister and the UK Labour Government are not popular with the public right now. So, I am not running to be Scotland’s first minister in denial of that truth. I am running to be Scotland’s first minister in defiance of it.”