Downing Street is continuing to spin over the appointment of David Kogan as chair of the football regulator. At today’s Lobby briefing the Number 10 spokesman insisted the PM had been “transparent” in writing to ethics adviser Laurie Magnus last night, despite taking several months to fess up to rubber-stamping Kogan’s appointment. Earlier this week Number 10 was still insisting it was a matter for DCMS. Asked if the Prime Minister had simply forgotten he was supposed to recuse himself from matters relating to football, the No10 spokesman said hacks should refer to Starmer’s letter…
The spokesman could not explain why it has taken this long for Starmer to apologise for the breach because the answer would be too embarrassing: it was Guido’s revelation on Monday that the PM a) is actually recused from football matters and b) accidentally signed off on the appointment. D’oh…
Starmer called the sign-off an “unfortunate error” in his letter, which is obviously not quite the same thing as confessing to a lapse in memory. There is now an ‘internal review’ underway to examine ‘how recusals are managed’. Whether that involves giving the Prime Minister a memory exam is an open question. In any case, Starmer still has total confidence of Kogan, and is certain he did not break the ministerial code. Play on…
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