King Starmer

“The tiny Labour majority of 323 in Batley & Spen will stave off an immediate leadership challenge to Keir Starmer, just as the tiny Labour majority of 683 in the Peterborough by-election of June 2019 preserved Corbyn’s leadership 2 years ago But obviously the situation is grim”

Of course Adonis. It ain't over till Blair sing, isn't that right Adonis?

“It’s no questions asked by the prime minister on Friday and no questions answered today. There’s a pattern here. When Dominic Cummings broke the rules by driving to Barnard Castle, the prime minister backed him. When the housing secretary unlawfully approved a billion-pound property deal for a Tory donor, the prime minister backed him. When the home secretary broke the ministerial code, the prime minister backed her. And when the health secretary broke Covid rules, the prime minister tried and wanted to back him too. Every time it’s the same old story. Isn’t it the case that while the British people are doing everything asked of them, it’s one rule for them and another rule for everybody else?””

“When a prime minister loses the trust of our allies, and trashes Britain’s reputation for holding upholding international law, it’s hardly surprising that we’re left isolated and unable to lead”

“The protocol was a compromise. We didn’t expect the EU to take such a purist approach when implementing it. The protocol itself explicitly says the EU and UK shall use their best endeavours to facilitate the trade between Northern Ireland and other parts of the UK, and that’s the approach we would expect them to take and have been working towards.”