A devastating set of local elections has left Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership on the brink. Calls for the prime minister to exit stage left are growing and have now surpassed the usual hard-left Corbynite suspects.

Furious backbenchers have vented that Sir Keir is simply too toxic on the doorstep to make a comeback and that the game is up. Downing Street this evening scrambled to rally the Cabinet to the prime minister’s defence. While, through gritted teeth no doubt, some have taken to backing him, there remains a very noticeable silence from a handful. They are: Wes Streeting, Yvette Cooper, Ed Miliband and Shabana Mahmood.

Far more vocal are........

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