Departed No 10 Comms Director Doyle in Crosshairs Since New Year – Guido Fawkes

Departed No 10 Comms Director Doyle in Crosshairs Since New Year

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Back in January Guido reported on unrest within Starmer’s Downing Street communications operation. Not surprising given the more-than-rocky start to Starmer’s “change” government…

Now-former Director of Communications Matthew Doyle was blamed along with Sue Gray for botching the “grid” for the disastrous first 100 days and things didn’t get much easier afterwards. The Guardian this morning says Doyle “is understood to have decided to go after feeling he had stabilised No 10’s communications strategy and narrative over the past few months, following the turbulence of the early days in government.” Cruel, that…

Rumours were circulating since the New Year that James Lyons was being lined up to replace Doyle, former deputy head of communications in Blair’s No 10, with the consensus among fresher-faced senior officials that he was “out of his depth.” Starmer has finally dropped the axe. Doyle can rest now – maybe on some plush red benches…