The bar, which was closed on Sunday, posted a statement on Instagram saying it was "saddened, embarrassed and frustrated" by the incident.
So what would insiders - both current and former - put on their list of issues that are still unsayable for this new government?When it comes to health, in almost the same breath as promising to overhaul the NHS, Sir Keir says that fixing the care of the most vulnerable and elderly - the most difficult thing - will have to wait.
It was the Tories’ plan to cap social care costs, and Labour were going to stick to it. They’ve now ditched it.Many politicians accept privately that you don’t have much hope of sorting out the NHS properly if you haven’t made major moves to improve the social care system.Successive governments have dangled, then dropped reform. It’s no one party’s fault. It’s no one politician’s fault.
But with an ageing population and many years of pressure on public spending the problem has only become more acute. Labour has nodded sagely at the urgency of the issue. But a fundamental overhaul is on pause for now.newsletter to get Laura Kuenssberg's expert insight and insider stories every week, emailed directly to you.
Another issue affecting the older generation comes up often too: the triple lock. It’s the guarantee that the state pension goes up each year by either 2.5%, inflation, or earnings growth - whichever is the highest figure.
“It’s not at all good for the country, but it is good politics,” a very senior opposition politician told me, even giggling at how wrong-headed it was in their view.A Newham Council spokesperson told the
the authority and its partners were still at an early stage of the extension project’s development.They said a lot of design work was still needed alongside identifying funding sources for the scheme’s construction.
The spokesperson added: "We welcome future discussions with central government on this, which is in addition to ongoing discussions with TfL and our borough and private-sector partners."We have not been formally asked to commit funding at present.”