Exposed PM out of time to save himself

IT'S over for Keir Starmer and he's finished as Prime Minister.

- KEVIN MAGUIRE

Brutally sacrificing No10 chief of staff Morgan McSweeney won't save him. Far too late for that.

And an emperor dispensing with his Praetorian is left defenceless.

T&Cs apply, of course, yet short of World War Three erupting and people suddenly yelling “this wouldn't be a mo for Downing Street musical chairs”, I don't see how Starmer survives.

His personal authority's shot, gone. Respect too. And fear is draining away, with emboldened Labour MPs and Cabinet ministers openly contemplating who and what comes next.

He was probably a dead man walking before Peter Mandelson, but the PM's calamitous misjudgment in sending the toxic operator to be our man in Washington hardens his fate.

We may argue about whether Starmer's end is unfair or fair.

Similarly the date-my 20p is on for after Labour's predicted kicking in May's Welsh and Scottish national elections and English locals.