Oh dear. As resignations go, there has been some tough competition for the most newsworthy in recent years – from Nigel Farage’s unresignation to the entire Labour shadow cabinet’s to Priti Patel’s last week. However, up until now, Mr S had yet to come across a resignation from a job that it is unclear they still held.
Step forward George Freeman. This afternoon Labour have gone on the attack over the news that Freeman – as he himself announced in a ConHome blog this morning – has ‘stood down‘ from his role in No 10. Given that just last week Freeman wrote to Theresa May (in a letter which mysteriously made its way on to Politics Home) to warn that the party risks being seen as the party of ‘lazy privilege’, they claim the resignation is a sign that all is not well:
‘For a man who once said that the ‘raison d’ être’ of his role in No.10
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