Sir Keir Starmer had a big task ahead of him when he embarked for France with a plane full of journalists for the G7 Summit.
In the face of mounting speculation over an increasingly likely leadership challenge, the PM needed to go to Evian-les-Bains and prove he is still the right man for the job. An assured performance on the world stage could, to some extent, have made the infighting that is taking place at home look childish compared to what is at stake internationally.
