Technology Secretary Liz Kendall was quizzed on the Today Programme this morning about Labour Together commissioning covert research on two journalists to undermine their coverage of the organisation. At the time now-Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons was running the think tank. Asked if Simons’ position was ‘tenable’, Kendall said:
“He has welcomed the investigation, rightly so, by the regulatory body, the body responsible for regulating public affairs. As I said, the Cabinet Office will also be looking into the facts of this case, but it is absolutely essential that we protect the freedom of the press.”
Handing it over to the department of cover-ups instead…
Starmer was read out a list of his 13 U-turns on BBC Radio 2, to which he responded:
“Well, I am a common sense merchant.”