Jon Ashworth Visited Nandy’s Office Twice in a Personal Capacity – Guido Fawkes

Jon Ashworth Visited Nandy’s Office Twice in a Personal Capacity

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Jon Ashworth’s tenure at the head of Starmerite think tank Labour Together will come to an end after only a year in July. The former shadow paymaster general said he was giving it up in order to “write a book about his life in Manchester in the 1970s and 80s and launch a new podcast, along with ‘one or two other projects.‘” Considering that everyone expects him to stand again at the earliest opportunity it is not hard to guess what those projects might be. Ashworth has in the meantime been sticking close to the action…

DCMS minister Baroness Twycross revealed in a written answer this week that “Jonathan Ashworth has visited our London office in a personal capacity on two occasions since July 2024.” Prompting speculation in SW1 that Ashworth is aiming for re-entry to the corridors of power…

Seeing as he is writing a book and starting a podcast Ashworth could be strutting around DCMS to hammer out some advice from Lisa Nandy, her ministers, and her department officials – always good to have more feathers in caps. Something to do behind closed doors…