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I am Whitehall Editor at the Sunday Times. You can read my work here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/gabriel-pogrund?page=1
After the election, one of Starmer's top aides in opposition told us colleagues left with no choice but to choose PM's politics & policy for him

"Keir’s not driving the train. He thinks he’s driving the train, but we’ve sat him at the front of the DLR”

Read ST tonight
(3/3)
February 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
In late 2021, Rayner said Starmer was so inept he could not run a bath - never mind Labour.

She told a friend she did not know who ran the party, but that it was certainly not him.

The following year, she said he thought he would sack her and abolish her role. (2/3)
February 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Rayner's fury after the leadership excluded her from list of first MPs to swear allegiance to King Charles.

And her awkward first chat with Queen Camilla.

All in the Sunday Times this weekend. And pre-order here
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February 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM