Tough but fair

Starmer rules out re-running general election as petition gathers signatures

Asked about the petition on ITV’s This Morning programme on Monday, Sir Keir said: “Look, I remind myself that very many people didn’t vote Labour at the last election.

“So, what my focus is on is the decisions that I have to make every day.”

He characterised decisions taken so far by his Government as “tough but fair”.

I don't know what the petition count is now, over two million when I last looked as Son and I chuckled over the speed of it. Only a gesture, but a successful one.

It's no good asking Starmer about it though. What matters now is the buzz behind his back, what his whispering colleagues say in the bar and what they think can be done about him as a political liability.