Peter Kyle has the unenviable morning round for the government and is defending Starmer’s premiership after four MoD resignations last night. Healey, Al Carns, and two PPSs…
Kyle told BBC Breakfast:
“And when you see the plan, I think you’ll see that we’ve put a lot of effort into getting it right.”
Asked: “When did you see the plan?“, Kyle said:
“Well, uh, I have not seen all of the plan. Uh, but I’m assured and and I of course in touch and doing my bit as a department to make sure that we can do as much as we can to benefit the British economy to do so… I have faith in a PM and the Chancellor to fund a plan and design a plan and lead a plan. Of course, and he is the PM that is fit for the moment.”
Meanwhile the DIP launch event at a new drone factory in Swindon has been thrown into jeopardy as Starmer pulls out and it is unclear if the new Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis will show up. Reporters have come all the way from Australia…
Robert Jenrick told a rally on Monday:
“They say Chancellors are either undertakers or bookies. This one is an ostrich – and when the Chancellor buries his head in the sand, the rest of us, we’re left staring at his you know what.”