Downing Street is tying itself in knots over Deputy National Security Adviser Matthew Collins’ witness statements -the latest of which conveniently echoed Labour’s own manifesto language and the party’s “three Cs” approach to China. At Lobby briefing, Starmer’s spokesman failed to adequately explain why Labour manifesto wording entered the DNSA’s written submission entirely of his own accord. He said:
“This was to provide the current government’s position as context. Civil servants reflect the current government policy in their daily work. The key fact in this case is that you can only try people on the basis of the situation as it was at the time.”
The spokesman insisted he “does not accept” the obvious argument that the insertion of a new government’s manifesto language into new submissions means you can’t blame the old government’s position. The claim that Collins never discussed the evidence with ministers or advisers isn’t washing…
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