EXC: Downing Street Military Gagging Order Triggered by Starmer Spat With Defence Chiefs

The soon-to-be-outgoing Chief of the Defence Staff Tony Radakin’s relationship with Downing Street is cited by multiple sources as the trigger for Starmer’s unprecedented gagging order on military personnel. The farcical order means a bizarre mishmash of officers are on or off-record at events where journalists are present…

Downing Street’s comms team has enforced the order on the MoD – to much consternation in the chain of command. […] Read the rest