By most people’s standards, Sir Keir Starmer deserves a holiday. Only last month the Prime Minister won a historic election victory for Labour. On the campaign trail, Sir Keir criss-crossed the UK trying to appeal to voters, and surely exhausted himself in the process. But since his triumph on July 4, Sir Keir hasn’t had his beach break. First he went to a series of international conferences, then he dealt with unrest at home after the horrific murder of three children in Southport and a subsequent wave of racist rioting.
It’s been a stressful summer for Westminster’s finest in general. Ever since Rishi Sunak called a snap election in May, all dreams of a break were put on hold as parties went on an election footing. Now they are quietly trying to get some sun.
