Thin majorities and chaotic strategy push Labour MPs toward regime change

Keir Starmer has not held a press conference since his trip to India – more than a month ago. Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing/Getty Images

For an operation that used to pride itself on its political instinct, Keir Starmer’s No 10 has been repeatedly caught off-guard.

There was the plunge in popularity in the immediate aftermath of the winter fuel decision, the decimation of loyalty among Labour MPs that led to the welfare vote catastrophe and the audacity of Andy Burnham’s open campaign for the leadership leading up to Labour conference.