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Tom McTague’s Cover Story articulates a damning array of evidence and criticism, levelled at the Prime Minister and others. The question is: what next? There are several reasons for delay on the part of Labour MPs. Some are mentioned in the article, but seasoned MPs will also know that voters hate split parties and factions and infighting. Besides, another leadership contest would feel like more of the same. Something Keir Starmer appears not to have grasped is that the glorious election landslide was not a vote for Labour but a vote against the shambolic and corrupt and disastrous past. He seems to have sleepwalked into the same pattern.

Restive MPs are no doubt waiting for the May elections before they declare what needs to be done. But we need an unopposed candidate to minimise the disruption.…