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They say that if you’re explaining, you’re losing. That quote, attributed to Ronald Reagan, came to mind yesterday as I watched Keir Starmer squirm his way through howls of laughter in the House of Commons as he insisted “we are a united team.”

This was fish in a barrel stuff for Tory leader Kemi Badenoch, who clearly enjoyed the PM’s discomfort. The reason why so many opposition MPs (and more than a few Labour members) found the situation so entertaining is because Westminster was gripped on Tuesday night by vicious anonymous briefings from Number Ten, accusing various cabinet ministers of planning to topple........

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