Nigel Farage has announced he will unveil Reform’s Shadow Cabinet in a “few days’ time“. Reports emerged earlier this month that Robert Jenrick will get the Shadow Chancellor brief, with Zia Yusuf taking home affairs, and Tice getting business and energy. Before the weekend, Guido heard rumours of Suella getting education. As reported in Guido Whispers…
He added that a general election “could come more quickly” than 2027, and opened the candidate application portal this afternoon. Starmer is imploding, stranger things have happened…
Speaking about Morgan McSweeney’s resignation, skills minister Jacqui Smith told Times Radio:
“It’s clearly not ideal but I do understand why Morgan, as he explained, decided to resign at this point. But the important thing as you say is how we both tackle what this Epstein and Mandelson scandal has identified and also how we make sure, as the prime minister is absolutely determined to, that we continue the change that the country needs and that’s what I’m focusing on this morning.”