Another one bites the dust!

The Herald reports:

The Green Party’s director of communications, Louis Day, has resigned just weeks after its now-former chief of staff, Eliza Prestidge-Oldfield, made the same decision.

My first reaction to this story was this is not significant, as a year out from an election is the normal time political staff will leave, or commit through to the election.

But then I read more closely.

In an email to journalists, Day said that after taking time off over the parliamentary recess, he felt now was the right time to step away.

“I felt that now was the right time for me to move on from Parliament and take a bit of a break before finding a new challenge for my career.

If someone is leaving with no job to go to, this suggests things are not great.

According to his LinkedIn, Day started his director of communications role in June 2024 after working as a senior press secretary, press secretary and research and policy adviser.

This is also interesting – he was promoted just last year. Again a bit unusual to leave so soon after being promoted.