Science Secretary Liz Kendall was shown Labour’s attack video of Reform’s Gorton and Denton by-election candidate Matt Goodwin allegedly sneering about Manchester. Minor snag: Goodwin was actually talking about Tory conference…
When Sky News’ Sophy Ridge challenged Kendall on the “misleading” edit, Kendall squirmed, insisting she hadn’t seen the clip before. If the shoe was on the other foot…
Tom Baldwin, author of Starmer’s hagiography, spoke to Times Radio:
Tom Baldwin: “I think he’d like to do something. He’s very dutiful and driven by service. That’s why he came into politics. I think that’s characterised his time as prime minister. He hasn’t always sought popularity or been good at being popular. But I think he has some of the necessary qualities that we actually do want in a prime minister. That resilience, that relentlessness, that ability to carry the weight and the job really does weigh very heavily on people and he carries that weight very, very well.”
Jo Coburn: “NATO Secretary-General?”
Tom Baldwin: “I think that’s something that he would be interested in. I think it probably requires Andy Burnham’s government to support him in that and these are some of the questions which Andy Burnham has to resolve quite quickly.”