DAN HODGES: Starmer finally realised he was finished – but then one boastful leak changed everything. At that moment, he decided they’d have to drag him out of Number 10

‘The Labour Party has literally gone insane.’ These words – from a senior backbencher – accurately described the day Britain’s governing party stared into the abyss, took a deep breath, then hurled itself straight in.

I had the privilege of a front-row seat to the fall of Tony Blair. I chronicled the Brexit wars; Boris Johnson being deposed by a slice of birthday cake; and Liz Truss’s own quick-fire descent into oblivion.

But nothing compares to the complete madness of the last 24 hours, and the way Keir Starmer contrived to defy his party – and reality – and send them hurtling

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