Steve Jones, who was the first minister’s special adviser for five years, said Sargeant, who apparently took his own life following allegations of harassment, was upset by the “mind games” that went on within the government.
Steve Jones’s remarks follow allegations by the former Welsh minister Leighton Andrews that Sargeant was undermined from within the Labour government for several years.
An inquest on married father-of-two Sargeant, who was found dead at his home in Connah’s
Quay, north Wales on Tuesday, four days after he was sacked, is due to begin on Monday.
On the day before his death, Ms Howe received a text message from David Taylor, a friend of Mr Sargeant, who had been asking how to program a text message to be sent at a later time.
Ms Howe told the coroner she then became concerned Mr Sargeant was planning to take
his own life. Taylor’s text is an important event since it suggests he had knowledge of his close friend Sergeant’s intent to commit suicide.
The partner of a Labour MP has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China. David Taylor, the partner of Joani Reid, was detained by the Metropolitan Police and is being held under the National
Security Act.
Two other men were arrested on Wednesday morning – Matthew Aplin, 43, from Pontyclun, South Wales, and Steve Jones, 68, from Powys, Wales. All three suspects, who were held on suspicion of
assisting Chinese intelligence, had connections to the Labour Party.
Information has come to light that David Taylor, may have been a client of Positif Politics, according to messages from the former director, Daran Hill
Mathew Aplin’s profile has recently been scrubbed from the Camlas website.
Daran Hill@daranhill: I’m writing about Hendy wind farm. Do you want to tell me how you got involved. And your relationship with David Taylor.
Yesterday, 10:26 am: I don’t work on Hendy wind farm
Yesterday, 10:28 am: But you work for Grayling Capital / Bute Energy.
Yesterday, 10:38 am s/For Bute yes but I haven’t worked on Hendy
Yesterday, 10:38 am: Your e-mail to Penybont and Llandegley community council mentions Bute and Grayling
Yesterday, 10:47 am: v”I’m retained by Bute Or rather Positif is
Yesterday, 10:48 amL But you are Positif. The e-mail to the council was in your name. David Taylor is also involved with those involved with Powys wind turbines – he’s even a shareholder in Windward Enterprises – and I know you two are fairly close, so are you working together? Do you have contact details for him?
Yesterday, 11:53 am: v’:Yep the email was in my name as the lead person in Positif working on the Bute Energy account. The email was drafted in response to a specific query.
Yesterday, 12:11 pm. How can I contact David Taylor?
Yesterday, 12:14 pm: I don’t give out client contact details sorry
Yesterday, 1:34 pm: Fair enough. I didn’t realise he was a client of yours.
Yesterday, 1:41 pm: V Camlas V https://camlas.wales Matthew Aplin. Matt has been involved in public affairs and communications for nearly 20 years.
A former journalist at Camlas V https://camlas.wales Steven Jones, who was the first minister’s special adviser for five years, said Sargeant, who apparently took his own life following allegations of harassment, was upset by the “mind games” that went on within the government. Steve Jones’s remarks follow allegations by the former Welsh minister Leighton Andrews that Sargeant was undermined from within the Labour government for several years.
An inquest on married father-of-two Sargeant, who was found dead at his home in Connah’s Quay, north Wales, on Tuesday, four days after he was sacked, is due to begin on Monday.
Steve’s private sector experience includes providing strategic, political, communications and crisis management advice for clients both in the UK.
He was a close friend of David Taylor, the director and sole employee of a company that had an £885,000 increase in the cash it held in one financial year. The company does “Public Relations” and has only existed for just over four years.
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