His comms office need a severe talking to. The reason for this wimpy shit today is poor holiday cover bod didn't have authorisation to say anything. Parliament is in recess and everybody is away on holiday. It's pathetic and unprofessional.
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yes - I think the fundamental problem is that without a clear ideological project driven from the leader, everything needs to be run past him or his closest aides, people don’t feel empowered to make decisions on his behalf
aug 26, 2025, 5:43 pm • 1 0 • view
I'd like to say I didn't steal this tweet from Stephen, and I hadn't seen his most recent one when I sent it, but I think I've basically stolen the point from earlier newsletters / tweets bsky.app/profile/step...
aug 26, 2025, 5:49 pm • 1 0 • view
Seems there were no adults in number 10 today wise enough to pick up a phone and make a call, to get a take. There ought to have been. Whatever happened is a comms fail, not entirely a Starmer fail, though of course bucks stops with him on who he employs.
aug 26, 2025, 5:52 pm • 1 0 • view
well sure, but I also think it's a problem if he needs to be phoned to be able to respond to a pretty unsurprising opposition press conference, and that does come back to his leadership
aug 26, 2025, 5:56 pm • 0 0 • view
I think I'm sorta not agreeing, this was fiery stuff today, it did need a response and it wasn't necessarily Starmer who ought to have been called by a comms junior bod. He really doesn't need what you're suggesting to run better comms. You simply need people to be picking up phones.
aug 26, 2025, 6:01 pm • 0 0 • view