Keir Starmer’s judgement is being drawn into further question by fresh revelations regarding now-sacked Peter Mandelson. This is not going away…
Sky News’ Sam Coates hears from two sources that the intelligence services raised concerns about Mandelson’s appointment – concerns which were overridden by Downing Street. Blame the vetting and firm rebuttals soon emerge in the press…
A Downing Street source tells Guido that “the Prime Minister and Morgan were both fully advised at the time of his appointment” and adds it is “mad that they decided to proceed anyway.” Extraordinary…
Starmer’s spokesman weathered a bruising one-hour briefing session with journalists today in which very few details about what Starmer knew and when emerged. Sticky…
Lucy Powell on LBC, asked by Tom Swarbrick for her reaction to Labour MP Samantha Niblett’s call for a ‘summer of sex’ debate in Parliament: “I personally don’t own any sex toys, but each to their own… I’m not really sure that’s the right place for it, no.”