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Lapses in judgment, U-turns galore and, most troublingly, an abyss between himself and the nation: the sky is deathly grey in Starmerland, writes Andy Coulson

Speaking in his first interview since a threatened backbench revolt, Sir Keir Starmer acknowledged the past few days had been ‘tough’.

The two rivals mocked each other for being a ‘clown and ‘useless’ on X, formerly Twitter

COMMENT: The shadow justice secretary has become a vigilante superhero since he was filmed chasing fare-dodgers on the London Underground. Could he also be the man to help Dame Joan Collins in her bid to be rid of abandoned e-bikes that clutter up our pavements, asks Clair Woodward

The incident is the latest to feature in the popular Channel 5 programme Fare Dodgers: At War With The Law

Fare dodging continues to be a scourge on London’s transport network, despite the work of courts and TfL to tackle the problem

Conservative shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick recently criticised ‘weird Turkish barber shops’.

Shadow minister Gareth Davies intervened when he witnessed crime in Maida Vale on Saturday

NEWS ANALYSIS: Party insiders want to lean into the Tory leader’s forthright personality, and ‘let Kemi be Kemi’ as they try to tackle the rise of Nigel Farage and Reform. Kate Devlin and David Maddox report

Letters: Readers reply to an article by Jonathan Freedland on the shadow justice secretary’s fare-dodging stunt

Environment Secretary Steve Reed’s comments came as the head of the Council of Europe, whose role includes promoting human rights, argued the ECHR needed to be ‘adapted’ for the modern world