Exclusive: Labour Ministers’ Popularity In ‘Freefall’ As Make-Or-Break Budget Looms
It was, according to one Labour MP, a “barnstormer” of a speech. Pat McFadden, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the most powerful man in the country you’ve probably never heard of, was addressing the Parliamentary Labour Party in Committee Room 14 last Monday. Not noted for his rousing oratory, the slightly-built, taciturn…