Should I stay or go? For SpAds who have unexpectedly found themselves unemployed, they will now need to decide whether to find a job with a newly promoted minister, or leave the Westminster bubble for the potentially more lucrative private sector. The decision will largely be shaped by whom they were working for before. “There are different subsets of SpAds. Those who are out, those who are up, those who are down, those who are in. The experience will be very difficult for those four groups,” another former SpAd explained. The prospect of a general election was weighing on one war-weary former No. 10 SpAd this week. The private sector looked more appealing.
former No. 10 aide mulling life outside the political bubble was less sure of their options. “I could work in any crisis communications job I wanted to, but I just don’t want to do any more crisis communications right now.”
Summer holidays canceled: Two special advisers said the Cabinet overhaul had put their summer holiday plans in doubt. One adviser whose minister was sacked said they had delayed their telegram data break with their girlfriend so they could spend the summer looking for a new role in the Johnson administration. Another, whom Playbook spoke to as they were fielding rumors their minister had been moved on on Wednesday, said: “I was looking forward to taking next week off, but if I have to move I can’t, I can’t afford not to get to grips with the brief. I need to be there to sit down with the new permanent secretary — the new ministers and the press office look to you immediately.”
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