Keir Starmer never had the warm and enthusiastic support of his own MPs. Their ingratitude to the leader who won them their seats has been a feature of this government from the start.
But now something more dangerous to the prime minister is developing. I have been surprised over the summer by the voices saying privately that they think he has to go if Labour is to have a chance of re-election. “He hasn’t got what it takes to be a successful prime minister.” Labour is “toast” with him in No 10. The staff changes in Downing Street are just “deck-chair shuffling”.
