It is only matter of time until Starmer is handed his P45

Sir Keir Starmer has wasted his party’s success last year

- Duncan Barkes

THE Prime Minister has been enjoying some rare respite over the last few days from the calamity of his first 14 months in office — and goodness knows, he needs it.

Pictures of him with US president Donald Trump on an unprecedented second state visit may make him feel like he is a world player, yet away from the global stage, he is a busted flush in his own country.

It's staggering that a Government that entered Parliament last year with a stonking majority has unravelled so quickly. Labour activists, who are loyal to the party and still spend their weekends campaigning, tell me that they dare not mention his name on the doorstep, which is remarkable.

The public know a dead duck when they see one and their views are echoed by polling. Sir Keir Starmer’s approval ratings are on life support. Labour's general election victory was mostly fuelled by the fact they were not the Conservatives, but now reality is biting.

Whilst in opposition, Starmer and co spent a great deal of time calling out the Tories for their behaviour and suggesting that if they were in Government, things would be different.