Advisers to prime ministers are often targets of sniping but being in news is not sustainable for Starmer’s chief of staff
was the subject of a remarkable amount of conversation. So what does the future hold for Keir Starmer’s chief of staff – and how much is she just a victim of circumstance?
“But it can also be a disadvantage because it does create a certain sense of flux, uncertainty around who’s doing what. This means a lot of it is all about relationships.” Much of the briefing against Gray has focused on her long career as a senior civil servant, the inference being that she is naive to the political currents vital to her role.However, Jonathan Powell and Ed Llewellyn were diplomats before they became chief of staff to Tony Blair and David Cameron respectively.
This process of working out the chains of command and who needs to be listened to can be “more or less effective and rapid” depending on the government, Thomas said.
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