Another day, another Downing Street blunder. Now it transpires that No. 10 sent a group of lobby journalists halfway across the country for a meet with Prime Minister Keir Starmer – only to belatedly clock they’d been directed to the wrong place. A pack of political journalists have found themselves stranded in the West Midlands after a Downing Street directive gave them the address to, er, the wrong car factory. Or perhaps No. 10 hoped that by sending the press to Coventry, they’d silence their criticism a bit…
No. 10 sent a group of lobby journalists halfway across the country for a meet with Prime Minister Keir Starmer – only to belatedly clock they’d been directed to the wrong place.
Today’s prime ministerial announcement on the UK-US trade deal has been slightly derailed after a misguided media memo led to the majority of the press being in the wrong part of the country. But while confirmation of the long-awaited agreement is a boon for Sir Keir Starmer, it wasn’t long before the Labour lot’s inverse Midas touch took effect again. Only a handful of reporters are thought to have turned up at the correct location – after, ironically, heading there by mistake. Talk about a car crash, eh?
Sir Keir is set to deliver a speech on his trade deal with Trump which he insisted earlier today will deliver ‘security and renewal’ for British businesses, workers and families. For his part, Donald Trump has taken to his Truth Social site to brag about the deal:
The agreement with the United Kingdom is a full and comprehensive one that will cement the relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom for many years to come. Because of our long time history and allegiance together, it is a great honor to have the United Kingdom as our FIRST announcement. Many other deals, which are in serious stages of negotiation, to follow!
Starmer’s speech this afternoon has now been pushed back to 4pm, while reporters frantically try to reroute to the right location. For once it’s not the PM U-turning today…
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