Morning sun shafted into the Boothroyd Room as Sir Olly Robbins unpacked an ominously large leather briefcase and started to put his side of the Mandelson crisis. Nature’s spotlights picked out this tall, thickset proceduralist who was so rashly sacked by Sir Keir Starmer.
Danger hour for the PM. Would establishment man Olly do the dirty? To a surprising degree, yes. And he hinted of more to come.
Soft-spoken Sir Olly described the mind-frying pressure he came under from Starmerite henchmen to approve Peter Mandelson as US ambassador. He also let slip, with a certain pleasure, that No 10 wanted a head
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