Number 10 is tying itself in knots over the collapsing Chagos surrender deal. Having maintained yesterday that the US still supported the deal – despite Trump calling it ‘stupid’ – the Number 10 spokesman today failed to repeat the same claim. Now they’re just insisting the government’s own position “hasn’t changed”…
Speaking to the post-PMQs huddle of Lobby hacks, the Number 10 spokesman said:
“I was pointing back yesterday to the clear support for the deal [from Secretary of State Marco Rubio]… and that’s a matter of public record…
I haven’t got an update for you from yesterday… You’ve got the Prime Minister’s words.”
Total chaos…
Starmer loyalist and Housing Secretary Steve Reed told Sky News that Starmer should not be replaced:
“We saw what the Tories did. They were in power for 14 years, and after 2016, I think we had nine education secretaries, seven chancellors, and five Prime Ministers. Doomscrolling through Prime Ministers doesn’t resolve the problem.”