With about a week to go until the three-month probationary period imposed upon those Starmer SpAds staying on after the transition, most are expected to remain. There can’t be a talent drought in leftist circles, can there?
Guido hears No10 is expected to keep something like 95% of the Starmer SpAds it retained. Who else would they bring in?
Moles in government report that the Burnham administration is struggling to fill policy roles in No10 in particular due to very shallow talent pool. Continuity Burnham…
One government source tells Guido that numerous new SpAds recruited by Burnham were up for consideration in 2024 but were deemed not good enough. “It’s the B-team” – though what does that say about the A-team…
An official in government remarked that the relative juniority and inexperience of some new departmental SpAd teams meant it was much easier for them to be walked over than under Starmer. The blob is merrily blobbing…
Burnham spinning like a wheel in the Commons:
“I will very much say so on the record… It was legitimate. I have always respected the result. I have never questioned its legitimacy. But I am within my rights to point out where foreign actors are looking to interfere in British democracy.”