Diane Abbott is Jeremy Corbyn’s most influential comrade, closer to the leader than even John McDonnell. The Hackney Hatchet hijacked January’s Labour relaunch by squatting in the leader’s office until he agreed to defend free movement. After her Brexit migraine, an informant muttered that her north London neighbour David Lammy had told a meeting of party members in Tottenham that she had consistently supported migration and didn’t believe what she is now forced to utter publicly. In journalism we know that as “for ‘yes’ read ‘no’”.
Sunken eyes and a near-permanent sniffle leave Tory MPs fretting over the Prime Minister’s health. A radar-lugged nark in the tearoom overheard a table of Conservatives discussing how knackered Theresa May looks. The consensus was that pressures of the post, including an exhausting trip to pay homage to Donald Trump, are taking their toll.
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