Starmer’s Director of Strategy Paul Ovenden has resigned this afternoon after the Mail published details about sexually explicit emails concerning Diane Abbott. According to the Mail, Ovenden stood down today following the publication of the 2017 messages in which he recounted a story about “a game of ‘shag, marry, kill’ involving Abbott”. He resigned to avoid becoming a “distraction“. A government source tells Guido:
“Paul was one of the most important architects of last year’s landslide election and Keir has relied on him heavily every day since. His loss to the project is monumental”.
Yet another massive resignation from the top…