Logic, sadly, points to one all-too-likely victor from the Labour leadership crisis: Ed Miliband. On the principle of ‘he who wields the sword never wears the crown’, Wes Streeting has already ruled himself out; he has become far too publicly associated with efforts to remove Starmer from office, especially with his ‘showdown’ with the PM this morning.

All PMs who enter No. 10 while their party is already in office suffer from the lack of a personal mandate. But Miliband would enter office with something far worse: an anti-mandate

All PMs who enter No. 10 while their party is already in office suffer from the lack of a personal mandate. But Miliband would enter office with something far worse: an anti-mandate

Andy Burnham is marooned in Manchester. He may not even win the required by-election to make himself a runner; the UK public has shown a distinct intolerance in the past for by-elections they think are unnecessary. Angela Rayner is hubristic to think that she could return as PM after resigning as deputy PM........

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