Dizzying U-turns put Keir in a spin

DYSFUNCTIONAL is the word that best describes this Labour government, and Rachel Reeves’ tears last week exposed the pent-up tensions within what is now an ungovernable party.

- Esther McVey

The extraordinary last-minute collapse by the PM to his backbenchers on welfare reform the day before Reeves’ fateful weeping marked the effective end of Keir Starmer’s premiership.

Of course, he may well continue to squat in No.10 for a few more years. After all, why would his backbenchers even try to remove him now they have him exactly where they want him? Starmer is — as his backbenchers well know — completely impotent politically.