Senior Starmer aide quits over 'sexually explicit messages about Diane Abbott' in new blow to PM

Evening Standard 2025-09-15

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A senior Downing Street aide has reportedly resigned after “sexually explicit” messages he wrote about Labour MP Diane Abbott were uncovered.Number 10’s Director of Strategy Paul Ovenden quit on Monday when emails he sent in 2017 emerged.
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