Downing Street is still trying to hose down the Mandelson scandal and communications chief Tim Allan is catching the flak. Starmer’s spokesman refused to say Downing Street was trying to prevent Mandy getting a six-figure payout for his spectacular sacking…
A series of news stories on the affair failed to address questions of who knew what and when directly after Bloomberg approached Mandelson with a cache of messages and twenty questions about them. FCDO Permanent Secretary Olly Robbins was obviously aware – Downing Street would not have been left in the dark…
Rumours circulating widely in government circles point the finger at Starmer’s new executive communications chief Tim Allan. Insider sources say that Blairite veteran Allan would have had sight of the messages on Monday and failed to show them to the PM. Naturally no one wants to stick their hand up after a cock-up that big…
As Guido reported at the time Allan was of the view that McSweeney was responsible for the screw-up on the whole by hiring and defending his mentor. General criticism of McSweeney aside, the Downing Street communications operation is now attempting to get its head around why Starmer wasn’t told early enough and how to keep the names of personnel involved out of the press…
Guido hears the “total avoidance of blame” by Allan – who is responsible for managing communications – is causing “fissures” among Number 10’s political staff. A Downing Street source adds that following the perceived success of Trump’s visit “nerves are on the rise again.” In the run-up to Starmer’s sink-or-swim conference Downing Street’s top honchos are the story again. How do they do it…
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