There’s a really interesting piece by Dan Hodges on MailOnline about Starmer possibly being ousted next week because of an answer he gave to Badenoch at the last PMQs that there was no pressure put on the FO. Philip Barton’s evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee will say different, according to Hodges.
I’m not convinced Hodges is right, at least about the likelihood of Starmer going that quickly. But this does fit with my expectation that if he isn’t chucked out by his party Starmer will be brought down soon enough by what he’s said in the commons about appointing Mandelson. The degree of denial, flannel and obfuscation is so far off the scale that it’s very deep into misleadingness.
I really struggle to understand how any thinking person could regard Starmer as a straight guy. It’s a nasty sight watching him wriggle and waffle. He is worse even than Johnson. And at least Johnson never pretended to be Mr Rules, the clean up kid.