Pat McFadden

But I just wanted to start with something that we learned yesterday.

Ollie Robbins claimed that Number 10 pushed for an ambassadorship for Matthew Doyle, former Director of Communications, now suspended Labour peer.

Is that true?

I mean, you know you're doing the interview today.

You must have asked them.

Did it happen?

Well, I don't know... Because the implication is that it was Keir Starmer, right, that he asked... He was like, right, let's get this guy a nice poster.

Look, it's not... Did that happen?

I'm really sorry.

Normally, I'm quite forgiving when people say, I don't know.

In this situation, when it was this time yesterday morning, you must have asked the question.

Or if you didn't ask the question, it's because you wanted to come in here and say, I'm really sorry, I don't know.

I don't accept that.

Did you ask number 10 what happened?

Did you ask number 10 what happened?

That's the right decision.

We know no appointment was made.

Did you ask number 10 if it is true that Keir Starmer asked for an ambassadorship from Matthew Doyle?

Did you ask the question?

Did you ask the question?