Matthew McGregor, the ex-Hope Not Hate director who is now working as director of political strategy in No10, is hiring for a “Political Liaison Manager” to work for the Labour Party. Government cross-pollinating with the Party there – hope he isn’t doing interviews during work hours or using his government laptop…
McGregor says the postholder will be “responsible for supporting the strategic plans for Government engagement across a range of political audiences” and help “develop new channels for collaboration and drive joined-up working across Government and Labour Party colleagues, ensuring key political stakeholders are engaged effectively.” Required is a “understanding of how stakeholder insight can inform policy, political strategy.” Open up new lines for left-wing activists into the heart of government…
Any Good Law Project or Extinction Rebellion activists fancy a go?
Green Deputy Leader Rachel Millward said:
“The reality is that it’s Zack Polanski who brought the nation, Andy Burnham. And if we hadn’t had the success of the Green Party in this last year since Zack’s been leading, which has been unprecedented, phenomenal success and a growth from about 60,000 members to 230,000, if we hadn’t had that much pressure on Labour, then we’d probably still be in the Starmer regime, which was pretty much ushering in a Reform government with its lurch to the right. So actually, what we’re seeing now is that we’ve set the political agenda and the government is picking that up.”