Coco Kahn

So look, it turns out that Keir Starmer is actually facing another political problem this week.

A new one.

He's got so many to choose from.

He's facing a choice and it's already been conclusively proved that both options are the wrong one.

Former officials said there had been only one official complaint, but the row means that the Prime Minister is already wrong to appoint her because of the complaints, but also wrong to not appoint her because of claims the story is being pushed to prevent her from getting the job.

Damned if she does, damned if she doesn't.

The Keir Starmer problem.

Right.

Yeah.

It is funny, isn't it?

You know, he's the man of ethics and standards.

He's the former lawyer, but somehow he finds himself surrounded by people who seem to be, for legal reasons, we cannot, you know, speculate on what they may or may have done in a kind of official capacity, but certainly rumours swirl about wrongdoing at every turn.

This is just a sidebar, but obviously a lot of the people join politics not thinking that their conduct matters.

would necessarily be an issue.

Clearly, I mean, I would never go into politics for all sorts of reasons, you know, ethical.

But also, you wouldn't take much to stitch me up, mate.

Yeah, exactly.

Coming up, after the break, the latest on Palestine Action's high court battle.

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