Martin Reynolds on personnel hires at Number 10 during Covid:
“There was quite a bit of unease in the civil service around the – excuse my language – the so-called ‘shit list’ of people“.
Martin Reynolds, quoted in the Sue Gray report, WhatsApping a SpAd after a Downing Street party on 20 May 2020:
“Best of luck – a complete non story but better than them focusing on our drinks (which we seem to have got away with).”
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Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”