On Friday evening, Keir Starmer will head for Chequers for another crisis meeting with his dwindling band of senior loyalists.
But when he walks into the 16th-century manor house, he will be met by an unwelcome sight. A bottle of whisky and a revolver will be sitting on his desk.
Over the past 24 hours I’ve spoken to strategists from all the major campaigns in Makerfield. The polls, the canvass returns and the postal vote respondents are all sending the same message: Andy Burnham is on course for a close, but clear, victory.
At which point, the final act of Keir Starmer’s premiership
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