Sue Gray has resigned from her position as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff after finding herself at the centre of a political storm since Labour came into power.
Gray will be replaced by Morgan McSweeney, the party’s election guru and one of the architects of the influential Starmerite Labour Together thinktank.
Gray will take on a new government role as the prime minister’s envoy for the regions and nations, No 10 announced, as Starmer shook up his entire top-team after facing intense pressure to put an end to the hostile briefings that had at times overshadowed his first 100 days.
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Something tells me Kier wasn’t quite as ready for government as he thought he was. I guess for advisers once they become the story their position becomes untenable.
She was too high profile even before they took office.
It feels like people have been looking for her scalp, from inside and outside the Labour Party, for a while now.
They were saying on the radio yesterday that Starmer has always prided himself for coming from outside Politics but it meant he wasn’t actually very good at it. This news suggests there are sharper operators around taking advantage if that.
What faction of the Labour party do you think are briefing against Starmer and Gray? It feels to me this is entirely self inflicted due to indiscipline.
I agree.
By all accounts she’s remarkably competent but faced a wave of unwarranted attacks championed by Tories who resent her for Partygate and by some Labour figures who resent the way she shook the leadership up on their way toward government.
I’m sad to see her step down, noble though it might well be on her part, but I’m also keen to see how McSweeney does in post. As the mastermind behind our campaign he’s established his credibility, and I hope that translates well into his new role.
