{"id":321150,"date":"2026-01-05T08:04:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T08:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=321150"},"modified":"2026-01-06T08:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T08:04:10","slug":"former-aide-to-pm-kier-starmer-claims-deep-state-controls-uk-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=321150","title":{"rendered":"Former Aide To PM Kier Starmer Claims DEEP STATE Controls UK Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Steve Watson \u2013 modernity.news Jan 2, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>The UK\u2019s Labour government has been hijacked by a shadowy entity \u2013 a bloated network of insiders, NGOs, and lobbyists that diverts power from voters to elite agendas, according to a bombshell column from Paul Ovenden, former director of strategy for Prime Minister Keir Starmer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ovenden, recently ousted amid a personal scandal, has hit back by exposing how an unelected \u2018blob\u2019 pushes certain agendas, including the repatriation of British Egyptian extremist Alaa Abd el-Fattah \u2013 a man with a history of spewing anti-white racism and calls for violence \u2013 as a bizarre obsession, wasting time and resources while everyday Brits suffer from open borders and economic woes.<\/p>\n<p>In his piece for The Times, Ovenden describes the UK version of the Deep State as a \u201cstakeholder state\u201d and \u201ca political perma-class that exists within every party and every department, one whose entire focus is on preserving their status within a system that gives them meaning.\u201d<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My first article in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thetimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@thetimes<\/a>: our political class prioritises stakeholders over voters. Let\u2019s change it.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pbj1Irl9E2\">https:\/\/t.co\/pbj1Irl9E2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul Ovenden (@OvePM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OvePM\/status\/2007012838955692187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He slams the el-Fattah affair for revealing \u201cthe sheer weirdness of how Whitehall spends its time,\u201d noting that senior diplomats\u2019 fixation on the case \u201cbecame a running joke among my colleagues: a totem of the ceaseless sapping of time and energy by people obsessed with fringe issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">TIMES EXCLUSIVE: Keir Starmer must take on the \u201cstakeholder state\u201d that is \u201cemasculating\u201d governments with an obsessive approach to \u201cfringe issues\u201d, his former strategy director has said amid continuing controversy over the Abd El-Fattah case <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mKQJ0Yvhpp\">https:\/\/t.co\/mKQJ0Yvhpp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patrick Maguire (@patrickkmaguire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patrickkmaguire\/status\/2006855936149958969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ovenden argues this isn\u2019t some grand conspiracy but a \u201cmorbid symptom of a state that has got bigger and bigger while simultaneously and systematically emasculating itself.\u201d Power shifts \u201caway from voters and towards groups with the time, money and institutional access to make themselves too important to ignore.\u201d<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cWe\u2019re not really properly in control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister&#8217;s former director of strategy, Paul Ovenden, says we need to \u201cstrip back a lot of powers&#8221; in some parts of the governmental framework.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OvePM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OvePM<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chloetilley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChloeTilley<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TimesRadio?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TimesRadio<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qSsY7S4YRB\">pic.twitter.com\/qSsY7S4YRB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Times Radio (@TimesRadio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimesRadio\/status\/2007028166678765764?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The government, he says, ends up \u201crowing with muffled oars in order to appease a complex coalition of campaign groups, regulators, litigators, trade bodies and well-networked organisations.\u201d<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8216;They are so much more interested in signalling their status by committing themselves to these totemic progressive issues&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Downes and Aaron Bastani respond to Keir Starmer&#8217;s close ally, Paul Ovenden, blowing the lid off of a &#8216;weird obsession&#8217; within the Civil Service. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2fiEKJOq8r\">pic.twitter.com\/2fiEKJOq8r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GB News (@GBNEWS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GBNEWS\/status\/2007169552602300612?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15428687\/Weird-civil-servants-UKs-support-Egyptian-extremist-centre-citizenship-row-says-Keir-Starmers-former-aide.html\">The Daily Mail highlights<\/a> how the el-Fattah case became a \u201crunning joke\u201d inside No. 10, with Ovenden accusing civil servants of weird priorities that distract from core objectives.<\/p>\n<p>This comes amid backlash over el-Fattah\u2019s inflammatory past, including posts like \u201cfucking hate white people \u2026 a blight on the earth they are\u201d and calls for \u201crandom shooting of white males.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Starmer strangely personally celebrated el-Fattah\u2019s arrival in the UK, calling it a \u201ctop priority\u201d despite the extremist\u2019s history of praising Osama bin Laden, denying the Holocaust, and urging violence against police and Zionists.<\/p>\n<p>Now we know why.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ihoVGxuKAn\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/modernity.news\/2025\/12\/28\/uk-pm-starmer-delights-in-welcoming-extremist-who-hates-white-people-promoted-terror-attacks\/\">UK PM Starmer DELIGHTS In Welcoming EXTREMIST Who \u201cHATES\u201d White People, Promoted Terror Attacks<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" title=\"\u201cUK PM Starmer DELIGHTS In Welcoming EXTREMIST Who \u201cHATES\u201d White People, Promoted Terror Attacks\u201d \u2014 modernity\" src=\"https:\/\/modernity.news\/2025\/12\/28\/uk-pm-starmer-delights-in-welcoming-extremist-who-hates-white-people-promoted-terror-attacks\/embed\/#?secret=ihoVGxuKAn\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" data-secret=\"ihoVGxuKAn\"><\/iframe><script><\/p>\n<p>\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/<\/p>\n<p>!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&#038;&#038;(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&#038;&#038;(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&#038;&#038;(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&#038;&#038;n.host===r.host&#038;&#038;l.activeElement===s&#038;&#038;(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/modernity.news\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\n<\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Critics like Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick blasted it as \u201can absolute disgrace,\u201d accusing the Foreign Office of acting \u201cagainst the interests of the British people.\u201d Jewish groups decried the move as \u201creckless,\u201d warning it endangers British Jews.<\/p>\n<p>Ovenden\u2019s expos\u00e9 draws parallels to Dominic Cummings\u2019 critiques of the deep state under Conservatives, positioning him as a left-wing whistleblower against the same entrenched forces.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It's fascinating seeing former Downing Street head of strategy Paul Ovenden starting to sound like Dominic Cummings. Ovenden's \"Stakeholder State\" is a clear analogue for Dom's \"the blob.\" <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ByEx9zRYvN\">pic.twitter.com\/ByEx9zRYvN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher Lasch's Angry Ghost (@ghostofchristo1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ghostofchristo1\/status\/2007081587662532749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ovenden scorches Labour\u2019s policies, from \u201cpicking the pockets of the productive parts of our economy\u201d to pay for \u201cunsustainable\u201d welfare, to strangling small businesses with red tape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have to fatten the pockets of wind-turbine operators by paying them not to produce energy. We don\u2019t have to import antisemitic Islamists who wish us harm. And we certainly don\u2019t have to treat British citizenship as a scrap of paper,\u201d Ovenden writes., noting \u201cOn all this and more, we can simply choose not to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This \u201cstakeholder state\u201d revelation no doubt also ties directly into Labour\u2019s dystopian digital ID scheme. Ministers are secretly plotting to assign lifelong digital identities to newborns, linking them to health records under the guise of tackling illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Z9LsRtVKtd\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/modernity.news\/2026\/01\/01\/uk-goes-full-cradle-to-grave-with-sinister-plan-for-newborn-baby-digital-ids\/\">UK Goes Full Cradle-To-Grave With \u2018Sinister\u2019 Plan For Newborn BABY Digital IDs<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" title=\"\u201cUK Goes Full Cradle-To-Grave With \u2018Sinister\u2019 Plan For Newborn BABY Digital IDs\u201d \u2014 modernity\" src=\"https:\/\/modernity.news\/2026\/01\/01\/uk-goes-full-cradle-to-grave-with-sinister-plan-for-newborn-baby-digital-ids\/embed\/#?secret=Z9LsRtVKtd\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" data-secret=\"Z9LsRtVKtd\"><\/iframe><script><\/p>\n<p>\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/<\/p>\n<p>!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&#038;&#038;(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&#038;&#038;(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&#038;&#038;(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&#038;&#038;n.host===r.host&#038;&#038;l.activeElement===s&#038;&#038;(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/modernity.news\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\n<\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But as critics like former Tory Cabinet minister Sir David Davis warn, it\u2019s \u201ccreeping state surveillance\u201d with no real border control benefits. The same elite network Ovenden describes \u2013 NGOs, regulators, and unelected bodies \u2013 could weaponize these IDs to track citizens from cradle to grave, enforcing compliance on everything from social media access to job rights.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a perfect storm: import radicals who hate the West, then build a surveillance net to control the natives. This blob thrives on expanding state power, sidelining voter priorities like secure borders and economic freedom.<\/p>\n<p>The el-Fattah fiasco and baby ID plans alone expose Labour\u2019s true face \u2013 a government captured by globalist insiders, prioritizing virtue-signaling over sovereignty. Brits must demand accountability before this stakeholder swamp drowns freedom entirely.<\/p>\n<p><em>Your support is crucial in helping us defeat mass censorship. 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