Andy Burnham’s longtime night-time economy adviser Sacha Lord has issued a blistering attack on Starmer this morning. An entrepreneur and significant figure in the Labour party, Lord resigned as Burnham’s adviser – a role he had since 2018 – earlier this year. Since then he has set the Labour leadership in his sights…
Lord says he doesn’t “have faith in the current Leadership, who has recently shown a lack of both judgement and loyalty.” He says this is the first Labour Conference he will be skipping…
The Burnham ally added: “the fish rots from the head.” Wonder who he’s talking about…
Read Lord’s full diatribe below:
“Since joining the Labour Party, this will be the first conference that I’ll be missing.
I joined on the back of several meetings with the then Shadow Cabinet, who promised me a vision as the party of both business and growth.
This was then reiterated at their manifesto launch in 2024.
This simply isn’t the case. The last budget was a disaster for Hospitality, resulting in many closures and causing over 110,00 job losses; more than any other sector.
I don’t have faith in the current Leadership, who has recently shown a lack of both judgement and loyalty.
The cabinet is now again far too London centric, having promised more power to the regions, which now seems just shallow words.
I have been invited to speak at both the Lib Dems and Tory Conferences, both who are keen to engage and work with the suffering sector, something which Labour is failing to do.
It’s apparent the current Chancellor has no interest in Hospitality, the UK’s 5th biggest sector. Her National Insurance increase was both reckless and short sighted.
Sadly, I predict that many good, hard working Labour Councillors, will lose their jobs in May, purely from poor decisions being made from the top.
Decisions that to me, don’t represent Labour Party values.
A fish rots from the head.”
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