In the evening sunshine on the House of Commons terrace on Wednesday, Keir Starmer took some of his closest aides for a drink. Just three days into the new parliamentary session, and with a successful reshuffle under their belts, they were upbeat.
Earlier at prime minister’s questions, the Labour leader had likened Rishi Sunak’s government to a group of “cowboy builders” over the schools concrete crisis. With the government on the back foot, Labour aides couldn’t believe their luck.
