The prime suspect to shuffle off next

KEIR Starmer's Cabinet reshuffle was a pointless musical chairs which served only to highlight the hopelessness of his position as PM and to hand power to the civil service.

- Esther McVey

Unfortunately for him the music's already stopped and the public, along with the overwhelming majority of Labour MPs, have already decided they want rid of him.

Now, there are good reasons to have reshuffles: to bring in new talent, to get rid of underperforming ministers, or to move a successful minister to another department to work their magic somewhere else.

I’ve been involved in a number of government reshuffles over the years — faring better in some than others — but I was always able to understand what the prime minister was trying to achieve.

If anyone can tell me the point of this one, other than to replace his disgraced deputy and act as diversionary tactics for Starmer, I'd be grateful if they would let me know.