The Tories, supported by the LibDems and the SNP, are pressing Lindsay Hoyle to refer Starmer to the Privileges Committee. Sound familiar?
Badenoch claims Starmer misled the house by saying “due process” was followed in the Mandelson appointment. Starmer also claimed in the Commons with regard to Olly Robbins and Mandelson’s appointment that “no pressure existed whatsoever in this case.” Which is contrary to testimony provided by Robbins and disputed by the PM’s own officials…
No10 officials are said to be concerned that Starmer was so strident in his refutation. Could be worth a probe from the committee that brought down Boris…
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”