Former Labour minister Steve McCabe has said the lack of honeymoon period for the Government is down to factional infighting which started during the election campaign.
Speaking to GB News he said: “It is a government which is having to confront no end of difficulties, most of which it has inherited.
“It’s inherited a state of affairs where there’s deep suspicion about anything a government does, where some of the things that are happening are things that were set in place by the previous administration and where the economy is a direct result of 14 years of Tory failure.
“I’m not really surprised Sue Gray has gone. I think if you’re meant to be the person behind the scenes who’s orchestrating and assisting things, and you become the story, then it’s inevitable that at some point you have to go.
“I feel sorry for her but it’s probably better that it happens earlier rather than later. And that’s not really that different from the situation we saw with Dominic Cummings.
“I think it was inevitable she had to go, and I would be the first to accept that they’ve not had the most brilliant of starts. There clearly have been things that have gone wrong.
“I think the comms have been really poor. I think their ability to anticipate the attacks that were likely to be made on them are poor. And I think it is true, they need to tighten the ship, but it’s probably better to do that now rather than later.
“I think most people would genuinely accept that the issue about non-doms is whether or not you should actually pay tax like everyone else, if you’re enjoying the benefits of living in the country like everyone else and whether or not it raises a great deal of revenue, that’s not the central issue. It’s about the fairness in whether or not you should pay tax in terms.
“I can’t see any reason why [Starmer] shouldn’t [last the full term].
“I’m not saying everything is rosy, and I am the first to admit that they need to get a grip and tighten the ship. But I actually acknowledge that what we’re witnessing at the moment is that Labour won a much larger majority than anyone anticipated, largely because of the impact of Reform on the Tory vote.
“They were never going to have a massive honeymoon and all we’re seeing is the knives that we’re being sharpened during the election are now being brandished.”
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