"A senior adviser to Keir Starmer has resigned after it was revealed he sent inappropriate messages about the Labour MP Diane Abbott eight years ago. Paul Ovenden quit on Monday as the prime minister's director of political strategy after details emerged about a sexually explicit WhatsApp conversation he had in 2017. His resignation is another setback for the prime minister, who has also lost his deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, and his Washington ambassador, Peter Mandelson, to separate scandals in the last two weeks."
"The messages show Ovenden and a friend joking about a party that Ovenden had attended the night before at which attenders had joked about having sex with Abbott, 71, the Labour MP who is the longest-serving woman in the Commons. skip past newsletter promotion Sign up to First Edition Our morning email breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what's happening and why it matters"
Paul Ovenden resigned as the prime minister's director of political strategy after sexually explicit WhatsApp messages from 2017 became public. Ovenden quit on Monday. The messages were sent about the Labour MP Diane Abbott eight years ago and contained inappropriate sexual content. The messages show Ovenden and a friend joking about a party attendees had joked about having sex with Abbott. Abbott is 71 and the longest-serving woman in the Commons. The resignation is another setback for the prime minister. The prime minister has also lost deputy prime minister Angela Rayner and Washington ambassador Peter Mandelson to separate scandals in the last two weeks.
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