It’s been a golden start in politics for Hamish Falconer. The son of former Lord Chancellor Charlie, the ex-Westminster boy triumphed at his first tilt for parliament in July before being appointed a fortnight later as the Minister for the Middle East. Highly regarded by many in the Foreign Office, it was to some excitement then that he made his media round debut today on the one-year anniversary of the 7 October attack on Israel.
Unfortunately for Falconer, his first series of TV interviews was not one to remember. Appearing on GB News this morning, he was completely skewered by host Isabel Webster over Sue Gray’s Downing Street departure and replacement by Morgan McSweeney. The new boy – who looked to be having difficulties with his earpiece – was reduced to claiming that there was no public interest in the apparatchik’s exit and then insisted that Labour’s first 100 days in office had been a complete ‘success.’
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