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Agreed. Controlling the narrative is the key aspect of Westminster politics. It's why Alistair Campbell was such a high profile and pivotal figure in Tony Blair's inner-circle. He'd launch into daily tirades against the Lobby correspondents that would leave hardened news journalists quaking. I...

Fair enough; as no offence was intended then I'll happily apologise for drawing that inference. No problem. Essentially, I have no dog in this fight. I don't even have a dog tbh. I just thought it was quite a funny gag (admittedly, not hilarious, but just funny), because like all good gags it...

:lolol: Have another go but try to make this effort MORE patronising, if possible. Perhaps I didn't read it in the press? Perhaps it was shown to me on Tuesday evening by someone who works in Westminster? :dunky:

Your complaint is best taken up with the WhatsApp group featuring 9 members of the Cabinet, which is where the gag originated.

Well, I for one would like to congratulate the Prime Minister on Sue Gray’s first two months in power.

Those wishing to discuss Brexit are cordially invited to vacate this thread and head over to the smouldering bin fire that is the Brexit thread. This thread is for discussion on the current Labour government.

According to my very well-placed Westminster sauce, the current in-joke among Cabinet ministers is, “If in doubt, run it past the PM; and if you can’t get hold of Sue Gray, try Keir Starmer instead.”

They’ll be chuffed with that.

Exactly this. Its amazing how many people are getting exercised about this issue, believing it refers to a cap on Child Benefit, when in fact it refers to an additional and entirely different benefit.

FFS @Zeberdi! :lolol: No, not directed at you. It was a general observation; the political threads on NSC have been like this for years and years. It does feel these days that there are more of them - but that is probably just because there is a dirth of football stuff going on right now. So...

As Moderators, we have tried all manner of things over the years to try and make the political threads of NSC more inclusive and civilised - but frankly it is a thankless and ultimately futile task. They tend to be dominated 24/7 by a tiny percentage of posters who bicker from entirely...

What, the Sheriff in The Dukes of Hazzard? Hardly feels like a first term priority, tbh.

Looks like the Labour government are bang up for this. No wonder Rachel Reeves announced last week that planning decisions for major infrastructure projects will now be made nationally rather than locally. Pointless anybody objecting to it now, seemingly. Rachel Reeves said a future Labour...

FFS. How have they managed to f*** things up this badly in just 4 days? Shambles.

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I t And I’d say you’ve every right to be. We all should be. I’ve read quite a few dismissive posts on here regarding Reform and Farage since Thursday; but I believe when we look back in years to come, the story of this election just gone will be the emergence of Reform. Over 4 million votes...