The cloying praise showered on Keir Starmer by Labour MPs as he exited No 10 this week was almost enough to convince you that they’d got rid of him for being too popular, Peter Hitchens has joked.
Speaking on the latest episode of the Alas Vine & Hitchens podcast, the longstanding Mail on Sunday columnist pointed to the number of figures in the Commons lauding the departing PM’s wisdom and achievements – fresh from stabbing him in the back politically.
Tributes came from seemingly all quarters, including Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, who called on Keir Starmer to resign in February over the
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