Sir Keir Starmer has made clear he will not pursue Sunak’s battle against “wokeness” in the civil service, comparing Rishi Sunak to a “jumped up milk monitor”. He used today’s Prime Minister’s Questions to criticise recent plans from Sunak’s Government to ban rainbow lanyards in the civil service. Speaking at their weekly despatch box clash in the Commons, Starmer said: “Doesn’t he think that, rather than confiscating lanyards like some jumped up milk monitor, he should stop issuing get of jail free cards to prisoners considered a risk to children.” Starmer said the Prime Minister’s focus shou…
