If you are following Chiefgate...
1. 2 tory sources confirm Cain was offered job by PM at weekend after talking about it for few weeks
2. PM's fiance, Carrie Symonds, however, said to be deeply unhappy about the plan
3. Not now clear what outcome will be
1. 2 tory sources confirm Cain was offered job by PM at weekend after talking about it for few weeks
2. PM's fiance, Carrie Symonds, however, said to be deeply unhappy about the plan
3. Not now clear what outcome will be
4. Downing Street, nor Cain, nor Symonds making any comment but it's all getting very messy
5. Usual irony alert - Downing Street finds itself in disorderly process over trying to create order
5. Usual irony alert - Downing Street finds itself in disorderly process over trying to create order
6. There is a LOT of consternation about the idea in some quarters, one minister snipes 'he's hardly Leo McGarry', -why reward the person who's been in charge of comms when comms has been so bumpy? BUT ...
7. Cain has worked with PM for longer than anyone else in the inner No 10 team and his role has been wider than comms for some time - his allies argue he's already been carrying out parts of a chief of staff type of role and doing less and less day to day comms
But again... last but... with no one commenting on the record, and competing factions, to put it mildly, it is hard to know exactly what is happening here
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