Blunderer turned back-stabber

ONE disturbing phenomenon in modern politics has been the increasing behind-thescenes influence of advisers. They have power but are unaccountable to the public. An egregious example is Nick Timothy, chief of staff to Theresa May when she became Prime Minister. Sadly, he was responsible for a series of cack-handed blunders. These included being part-responsible for what was seen as ‘the worst election campaign [2017] in living memory’ and putting forward a deeply flawed social care plan which Mrs May was forced to scrap. Following his enforced resignation, Mr Timothy has been firing broadsides in articles for hard Brexit-supporting newspapers. This week, he launched an unforgiveable attack on his former boss — saying Mrs May had lost control of Brexit. Such disloyalty is contemptible.