At the Lobby briefing of political journalists Starmer’s spokesman said the PM had gathered Downing Street staff this morning to dress them down for briefing against Wes Streeting. Guido imagines McSweeney was standing alongside the PM, nodding gravely…
Journalists were told the PM “has gathered senior team, reiterated briefings are completely unacceptable and has been reassured that no No10 staff have briefed against cabinet ministers.” All those stories were fake then…
Apparently Starmer “expects the highest standards from his staff… if anyone falls below these standards there will be consequences.” The briefing inquiry has already been cancelled…
Starmer insisted his chances of leading the country are not diminishing. He told reporters during his visit to McLaren:
“No, no, no. I’m very happy to be out and about this morning, not talking about the internal politics of the Labour party, but talking about young people.”