I’ve been shocked at just how bad Starmer is at politics. He’s essentially a KC - he receives a brief and follows it through meticulously and without emotion. I recall Starmer being involved in the legal implementation of the 1998 Good Friday Peace Agreement; he’s clearly a systemite and nothing more. Sue Gray on the other hand…you’ll, no doubt, have read that many in Northern Ireland suspect her of having been a spy or a PIRA asset or, even, a double agent in the 1980’s. There’s a well known story I heard in Northern Ireland, that when her car was stopped at a PIRA roadblock in the 1980’s, she was recognised by a masked would-be hijacker - “That’s Sue Gray from The Cove, let her go on” he said, according to reports. Gray has been questioned about this incident; she twisted the narrative to say that she bravely faced down a hijack bid. However the story on the ground is one of a far more cordial interaction. Gray ran ‘The Cove’ bar in the PIRA heartland of Newry in the 1980’s, having stepped down from her high-flying civil service career - unusual career move. She returned to The Blob in London in the 1990’s. Sinn Fein welcomed her appointment to Starmer’s government, declaring that they now had ‘a friend in court’ at No. 10. Questions about Starmer's chief of staff's links to Irish Republicanshttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13857683/Fury-Keir-Starmers-Sue-Gray-attend-national-security-council-meetings-links-Irish-Republican.html?ito=native_share_article-top
I’ve been shocked at just how bad Starmer is at politics. He’s essentially a KC - he receives a brief and follows it through meticulously and without emotion. I recall Starmer being involved in the legal implementation of the 1998 Good Friday Peace Agreement; he’s clearly a systemite and nothing more. Sue Gray on the other hand…you’ll, no doubt, have read that many in Northern Ireland suspect her of having been a spy or a PIRA asset or, even, a double agent in the 1980’s. There’s a well known story I heard in Northern Ireland, that when her car was stopped at a PIRA roadblock in the 1980’s, she was recognised by a masked would-be hijacker - “That’s Sue Gray from The Cove, let her go on” he said, according to reports. Gray has been questioned about this incident; she twisted the narrative to say that she bravely faced down a hijack bid. However the story on the ground is one of a far more cordial interaction. Gray ran ‘The Cove’ bar in the PIRA heartland of Newry in the 1980’s, having stepped down from her high-flying civil service career - unusual career move. She returned to The Blob in London in the 1990’s. Sinn Fein welcomed her appointment to Starmer’s government, declaring that they now had ‘a friend in court’ at No. 10. Questions about Starmer's chief of staff's links to Irish Republicanshttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13857683/Fury-Keir-Starmers-Sue-Gray-attend-national-security-council-meetings-links-Irish-Republican.html?ito=native_share_article-top
“Ground-up conversation” - what the hell!…
We are on the same page, though you appear to have a clearer take on the factions. https://aethelstan.substack.com/p/looking-into-the-labour-abyss
Thanks. I don't really; just a morning's manic research with a helpful collaborator