PM is fleeing UK's problems by flying to other countries

KEIR Starmer has spent four weeks of the precious six months he has held power overseas, instead of dealing K A with the mess at home.

- Sam Lister

It is good the Prime Minister has had a holiday (bar the embarrassing queue-jumping).

Few prime ministers worse at the day job after some rest and recuperation - Theresa May being the honourable exception, as her walking trip in Wales led to a disastrous snap election.

There is a reason why pilots are restricted as to how many hours they can fly and forced to have rest periods.

No prime minister should be left to crash a country because they are too tired to think straight, though ideology rather than exhaustion remains the main cause of Starmer's woes.

Presenteeism is a terrible affliction. Far better to be recharged and full of energy than always present but burnt out. Politicians are more than capable of making bad decisions at the best of times, so in the worst of times they need to step away and get some perspective.

Tony Blair is said to have been revitalised from his flashy foreign holidays in Barbados, Tuscany and Sardinia.

David Cameron was known to enjoy "chillaxing" and regularly made time to get away with his family. Though, for some unfathomable reason, he was pictured on three holidays while PM, in the UK and abroad, pointing at fish displayed in markets. Whatever floats your trawler!