One of the head Kir Stamor‘S Top colleagues have left after emerging He exchanged sexual clear messages about experienced leftist MPs Diane Abbott,
In a fresh blow to tight Prime MinisterPaul Ovenden announced that he was leaving his role Downing StreetDirector of strategy to avoid becoming “distraction” after exposing the 2017 messages.
Former journalist who has worked Labor For more than a decade, allegedly exchanged email with a colleague at that time, including sexually clear comments About Ms. Abbott,
Shree comes after Ovenden’s departure Angela Rener’s resignation This month and last week Peter Mandelson’s dismissal As the Ambassador of Britain in America.
It puts pressure on pressure Prime MinisterWho is facing growing Angry with labor backbenchers over his leadershipConstant poll improvement with the party is behind the UK.
She is making speculation that she May be forced after local elections of May If the results are equally bad for labor as expected.
In a statement by ITV News, Mr. Ovenden said: “I am accused of sharing with a female colleague as a junior press officer eight years ago, description of a foolish conversation that I was partying with other female staff members.
“Before summer, I announced some of my colleagues with the intention of leaving the government.
“Although the messages are long before my current employment and relations with the Prime Minister, I have brought my resignation forward so that this government is doing this government to change the lives of people positively.
“As a consultant, my duty is to protect the reputation of the Prime Minister and his government.”
He said, “It is cold that a personal conversation of almost a decade ago can do such damage, I too, in fact, is deeply sorry for it and will hurt it,” he said.
A government spokesperson said: “These messages are frightening and unacceptable. As the first black woman to be elected to Parliament, Diane Abbott There is a trailblazer that has faced frightening misuse throughout his political career.
“This type of comments have no place in our politics.”
On Monday, Richard BergMP for Leeds East, said Prime Minister “Change the course immediately” Or he will go by May, saying that it is “unavoidable”, the Prime Minister will be forced to leave.
Labor MP Clive Louis warned on Friday that Sir Kir comes after “doesn’t seem for a job”, while fellow MP Graham Stringer said Sir Keer “Pressing in the last-mooka salon”.
Ms. Abbott is currently sitting as an independent After being suspended by labor to stand by a controversial letter He wrote in 2023 Compare different types of racism Based on color.
He was originally suspended after writing a letter from the Parliamentary Labor Party in 2023. Reviewer.
He apologized for any pain due to the comment, which criticized the Jewish and Passenger Group, and the party was read before the 2024 general election.
But in July, he said that he did not see back on the incident with regret.
She has been a long-time critic of Sir Keir’s leadership and has joined Labor MPs in the warning that the local election of May is a make-or-break moment for the PM.
Labor was asked to comment.