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Evening Standard
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David Lynch

MYSTERIOUS: Top starmer aide quits government after appalling remarks about diane abbott - What They Never Told You

Veteran MP Ms Abbott was the subject of comments made by No 10’s director of strategy Paul Ovenden (Lucy North/PA) - (PA Wire)

A senior aide to Sir Keir Starmer has resigned from his Downing Street job after derogatory sexual remarks he made about Diane Abbott came to light.

Paul Ovenden, No 10’s director of strategy, discussed the veteran MP in a series of messages in 2017, which have been published by ITV News.

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