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BySue Gray
Why Rishi Sunak wants to delay Sue Gray’s job with Labour for as long as possible
Once appointed as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, the Whitehall veteran is expected to hone party discipline.
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When will Simon Case finally resign?
The cabinet secretary is a courtier unwilling or incapable of speaking truth to power.
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“There will be blood” inside Labour’s HQ once “Rottweiler” Sue Gray starts as chief of staff
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Sue Gray’s appointment proves Labour is still trapped by orthodoxy
The recruitment of the career civil servant shows Keir Starmer is sticking to an outmoded New Labour playbook.
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Undermining Sue Gray’s integrity won’t save Boris Johnson
The former prime minister’s attempt to discredit a parliamentary report into whether he misled the Commons over partygate looks desperate.
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What the Tories forget about Sue Gray
No-one forced No 10 to party during Covid, nor to appoint her to investigate said parties.
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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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