The line from Angela

Rayner says it's now or never to kick out Keir as former deputy plots her No10 putsch with allies

Angela Rayner has told Labour MPs the time to oust Keir Starmer from No 10 is ‘now or never’ as the Prime Minister faces a critical week in his fight for political survival.

With the former Deputy Prime Minister now the frontrunner to succeed the embattled Sir Keir if he is toppled, backbenchers claimed that Ms Rayner and her allies were spending the weekend canvassing support among her colleagues.

One MP said: ‘The line from Angela is that it needs to happen now otherwise this deadly stalemate will drag on forever. That it’s now or never.’

What a choice, surely the party has better options than this. Politics has never seemed closer to a substandard TV soap opera desperate to hang on to a dwindling audience.