It’s getting to be a tired refrain for MP’s that the Prime Minister is not guilty of a single thing. He can’t have known, he and his colleagues say, but such have the exits been from his government, he must now feel like even he is losing a grip. How such changes are made over an issue he wasn’t informed of makes it look like the game is over.
MP’s often say the ‘backroom’ staff are crucial to getting their plans backed. But if they’re gone, it’s not clear if it will happen. It’s a long time since the champagne popped and poppers went off. This party, Starmer’s Party, looks like a platter of ham sandwiches.
