For those wishing to understand the Starmer project, it is hard to overstate how crucial a role Morgan McSweeney played. Born in Macroom, County Cork, Mr McSweeney got his big break for Labour working at Lambeth Council with Steve Reed, the current housing secretary, who would later introduce him to the man who would go on to be Labour leader. Working at the south London council gave McSweeney his first taste of taking on his opponents of the left - a theme that would come to define his ascent