The No. 10 media operation has become notorious for releasing announcements late on a Friday night when most hacks have already filed their stories.
Now it seems Labour is learning from the masters of the dark arts, having finally pulled off a successful media strategy – revealing the resignation of its most senior communications official just an hour before the England v Scotland kick off.
Ben Nunn, Keir Starmer’s longtime aide and current Labour director of communications, is out after months of criticism from MPs and journalists about the lack of a coherent message from the leader’s office. Nunn, who was described on his appointment as ‘a genuinely nice guy’ ‘striving to do good’ lasted just 14 months in the role, and would have been involved in such initiatives as the Piers Morgan ITV interview and Keir’s Hartlepool wallpaper trip.
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