As politely as I can manage, astonished at people’s capacity to continue to just post utter nonsense about this story.

The underlying problem has been that Starmer splitting the chief of staff role into an administrative and a political half has just led to a confusing mess, aggravated by a bizarre drive to reduce the SpAd headcount (the exact mistake made in 2010).

Also: “Who does the PM of the United Kingdom of Great Britain think he is, having a point-person between him and the leaders of the constituent nations? Such delusions of grandeur!”