Keir Starmer at PMQs has defended his decision to give his ex-comms chief Matthew Doyle a peerage despite his links with a convicted sex offender. The excuse might sound familiar…
He said: “Matthew Doyle did not give a full account of his actions.” The ghost of Peter Mandelson just chuckled…
Starmer refused to apologise, added he would “no lessons from the Tories,” and attacked Partygate. Tired…
Badenoch retorted that the PM only cares about violence against women and girls “when he is trying to save his own job” and added: “How dare he criticise us? We’re not the ones stuffing government with hypocrites and paedophile apologists.” Ouch…
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.”