Sue Gray’s appointment is bad for public life and bad for Labour
Why did Keir Starmer not foresee the outrage that his chief of staff appointment would trigger?
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Why did Keir Starmer not foresee the outrage that his chief of staff appointment would trigger?
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The civil servant is a shrewd choice as Keir Starmer’s new chief of staff – it raises the spectre of…
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The recruitment of the feared civil servant is a signal of Labour’s determination to clean up politics.
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Why authoritarians use conspiracy theories to distract from their own failures.
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Long treated with contempt, Whitehall cleaners have dealt with vomit, faeces and bloodstains.
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Boris Johnson and his party have weaponised their own definition of impartiality, to the detriment of democracy.
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This government, like the man who leads it, has no higher mission than to win the next election.
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Boris Johnson’s partygate scandal has fomented a deep apathy among voters.
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If unchallenged, the Prime Minister will further contaminate the culture of the civil service with partygate, just as he has…
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The Prime Minister is struggling to hang on to party support, but the Tories are yet to find a suitable…
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Any other Prime Minister would have resigned long ago. It will be up to voters to remove Johnson – and…
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The civil servant’s findings will only lead to a leadership contest if it serves the self-interest of Conservative MPs.
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This government once had a big idea but, hampered by the pandemic and its own melodrama, it has become directionless.
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The civil servant once nicknamed “deputy god” for her power around Whitehall is expected to publish her report into “partygate” as soon…
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Brexit, Covid and Ukraine all reveal further failures by the Prime Minister, not successes.
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We do not need to wait for Sue Gray’s full report, or the police investigation, to know that the Prime…
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It is now far harder for Downing Street to draw a line under the affair without ending Johnson’s premiership.
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In his desperate bid to cling to office, the Prime Minister is now being ably aided and abetted by the…
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The force’s actions over Partygate will look to many people like a cover-up.
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Conservative MPs prepared to give the Prime Minister another chance may outnumber the rebels.
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