To Northern Ireland, where Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been speaking to reporters about emergency prison measures, the violent riots that swept Britain’s streets and the response of the police. But during his interrogation by journalists, the PM didn’t seem to be in the mood to entertain recent rumours that his chief of staff, Sue Gray, is becoming a disruptive presence in Downing Street. Touchy subject, Keir?
In a rather curious Times piece, Gray was accused of ‘subverting’ Sir Keir’s cabinet by ‘personally dominating’ negotiations about the proposed venue for the 2028 Euros tournament. The ex-Irish pub owner is facing allegations that she is trying to secure millions of pounds in public funds to rebuild the Gaelic football ground, while one Stormont source claimed last month that Gray is ‘very close’ to Sinn Féin’s finance minister Conor Murphy. The Irish republican party is calling for a ‘commitment’ from Starmer’s lefty lot that the UK government will help rescue the politically sensitive project, as fears that the
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