Keir Starmer’s operation has a new nickname for Morgan McSweeney. They call him ‘The Fixer’. And after the last forty-eight hours, it’s clear why.
The Labour leader’s chief of staff spent two days locked in a windowless committee room with the party’s hard left. The result? A peace deal that few thought possible.
No walkout. No leadership challenge. Just a terse joint statement and a shared plate of biscuits.
But the details, leaked to me last night, tell a different story. The price of unity was high. Starmer has agreed to a ‘policy review’ on renationalising rail.
A sop to the Corbynites. In return, the left will stop briefing against the leader. For now.
The real test comes next month at party conference. McSweeney knows this. He’s already planning the next move.
The game never ends.
