D’oh! Sideshow Rob saves clueless Keir

THE weekend papers should have been wall-to-wall coverage of Keir Starmer’s disastrous stewardship of the UK.

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His never-ending U-turns, now clocking up at a rate of one every six weeks; his dismantling of democracy as four million people are to be deprived of their vote at the local elections in May; and the devastation he is heaping on pubs, hotels, cafes and the high street, with a pub going to the wall each day. Instead, Slippery Starmer was let off the hook as Robert Jenrick’s bizarre defection stole the headlines.Be in no doubt there is bitterness when a colleague defects. When someone you thought of as “one of us” does the dirty and leaves you, it’s like a partner having an affair and then running off with them, it’s painful. Some defections seem more genuine, others more personal, and I’m afraid to say Robert’s felt personal.