An afternoon with Keir Starmer isn’t necessarily many people’s idea of fun. A period of time when every minute feels like five.
Sadly, for the select committee chairs who make up the liaison super-committee, they didn’t have the option of saying no. This was one of their unavoidable tri-annual encounters with the prime minister. Still, at least they all had the Xmas recess to look forward to at the end of the week. They would need a long lie down.
