Top Starmer aide resigns after sending sexually explicit messages about Diane Abbott

A top Downing Street aide has resigned after sending sexually explicit messages about independent MP Diane Abbott, Sky News understands. Paul Ovenden, who was the director of strategy at No 10, is understood to have left the role after a number of instant messages from 2017 became public. The messages, exchanged between Ovenden and a female colleague, contained the graphic retelling of a conversation he reportedly overheard about Abbott while at a party. #skynews #starmer #politics #uknews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Click here to get the Electoral Dysfunction podcast for free: https://podfollow.com/electoraldysfunction Politics at Sam and Anne’s podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/politics-at-sam-and-annes Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales