Tory Comms Void Grows Larger
It appears to be like like Penny Mordaunt’s four-letter overview of presidency comms was on the cash. Firstly, there’s the appointing of a everlasting No.10 Press Secretary as soon as Alex Wild returns to CCHQ, who’s quickly stuffed the function since September. Downing Road initially approached Priti’s former SpAd Harry Methley, who after a lot soul-searching, determined it wasn’t for him. With Wild reportedly wanting to go again to Matthew Parker Road quickly to gear up for the following election, discovering somebody prepared to stay round could show tough…
Then there’s Adam Jones, No.10’s Director of Political Communications, who Guido hears is about to jet off on an prolonged vacation for his honeymoon inside the subsequent month. Apparently the query of who, if anybody, will cowl for him within the meantime can also be up within the air…
All that is clearly not doing a lot to reassure agitated MPs. Final night time at one other Tories in Comms convention reception, Commerce Minister Conor Burns adopted up on Penny’s earlier feedback by insisting “we want comms specialists”. You don’t say…
