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Downing Street Christmas party: political communication expert on four key takeaways from leaked Allegra Stratton video
The leaked recording of the UK prime minister’s then press secretary role-playing with colleagues in a rehearsal for an imagined press conference justifying a party held at 10 Downing Street at a time when the UK government had forbidden such gatherings among ordinary citizens is clearly a massive failure of political communication.
Allegra Stratton, the press secretary seen in the video, resigned from her new role – as the government spokesperson for COP26 – shortly after the scandal broke on December 7.
- Stephen Coleman
- The Conversation
But I am less interested in the embarrassing consequences of this exposure …