He has been employed as a civil servant for a lot longer, I think. When you're promoted within an organisation it doesn't restart the employment law clock. (View Post)

Starmer doesn't do detail. Starmer doesn't do the big picture vision thing. Starmer doesn't do inspiration. Starmer doesn't do persuasion. Starmer doesn't do accountability. … (View Post)

From the Labour Party rule book (pdf), Clause VII, 1, A, ii. So the leader of the Labour party has to be an MP. Now, obviously, Labour party rules do not constrain MPs in Parliament. If Labour MPs in… (View Post)

If, say, Starmer had already announced his intention to resign, and was staying on as PM while the Labour party elected a new leader to take over as PM, and the Cabinet came to him and said, "th… (View Post)

The vetting process was a sham, I think. Everyone would have already understood, without it needing to be said (Mandelson was already in post, after all) that it didn't matter what the vetting t… (View Post)