Labour left red-faced as beaming Angela Rayner appears in party's conference brochure
Labour's official conference guide features a beaming Angela Rayner urging party members to have a 'brilliant' time in Liverpool... despite her having quit weeks ago.
In an awkward gaffe, Ms Rayner's resignation from Government appears to have come too late for a reprint of the glossy 255-page brochure.
On page six of the guide, which lists every conference event, Ms Rayner is referred to as both 'Deputy Prime Minister' and 'Deputy Leader of the Labour Party'.
This is despite her no longer holding either role following her resignation over a tax row earlier this month.
The most astounding aspect isn't the bungling, it's the size of that glossy 255-page brochure. Is anyone likely to read it?
Lots of people will probably read as far as page six of course, but the entertainment is likely to begin and end there.
As a precaution before posting this, I checked if the donkey chap is still with us - he seems to be for now.
2 comments:
If only it were the MPs we had to get rid of. But behind the MPs stand another layer (and layer, and layer) of party bureaucrats, hangers-on and fellow travellers all of whom depend on the patronage falling from above.
A glossy 255-page brochure is just another sign that the political machine is still running, still dispensing patronage.
DJ - I agree, it's the brochure for the machine and its patronage. The party is mostly deceiving itself with outward show, trying to pretend it could manage the operation of the machine if only it would work as it should.
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