'In office but not in power' - Is Norman Lamont's famous quote relevant today?

'In office but not in power' - Is Norman Lamont's famous quote relevant today?

A sacked chancellor, a leadership challenge, an election defeat. Surely history couldn't repeat itself?

'In office but not in power' - Is Norman Lamont's famous quote relevan

A taunt famously used by a friend-turned-foe against John Major is now being deployed by senior Tories against Sir Keir Starmer. “A prime minister and chancellor who are in office but not in power,” declared shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride, reacting to the latest economic figures. “The PM has shown he is in office but not in power,” the Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said in response to the Labour civil war and plotting allegations. But the …