Sean Kemp

@seankemp.bsky.social

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Advised the Lib Dems during coalition. Somehow still able to get work

A senior ally of Burnham said: "Shabana has no sense of the economics. It's just not something she's ever spoken about. She's not collaborative. It's not clear how she would drive the machine."
Quote is "He said that there had been a widespread expectation that Labour would require at least two elections to return to power after its crushing defeat in 2019, and "quite a lot of people" thought it needed a plan for defeat rather than victory in 2024. He recalled that during planning meetings early that year, he "did start to realise that we hadn't done enough to prepare for government".
McSweeney pressed for his mentor to get the job. One of the most bizarre shortlists of all time was drawn up: Mandelson, George Osborne and the rugged TV survivalist Bear Grylls, since it was believed he would appeal to Trump, also a star of reality TV. Starmer initially backed Osborne but McSweeney got his way.
A dreadful cover with a yellow man and a spaceship drawn by someone who has clearly never opened the book