Last night it was looking a bit wobbly, but this evening Keir Starmer appears to be safe - following a most excruciating day. Four ministers have taken their leave of government, and presently 92 MPs have said it's time for Starmer to shut up shop. Tellingly, no cabinet member has broken ranks or resigned. Shabana Mahmood, who apparently told Starmer last night that it was time for him to agree a timetable is still "getting in with the job" of trying to out-Reform Reform in the Home Office. And without anyone leading from the top of government, the clutch of resignations are not moving him. In fact, it's prompted a round-robin counter letter from 110 MPs (and counting) who back Starmer. What are the complaints of our former ministers? This morning, Miatta Fahnbulleh resigned from her minister of religion post, saying that the government had not acted with "vision, pace, and ambition", nor that Labour had governed in a way that was "clear about our values and strong in our…
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