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After a day of eerie stasis, things are suddenly moving very quickly. A flurry of Labour MPs called on Keir Starmer to go in quick succession, bringing our tally up to 60 and rising . And now the calls from the frontbench have started. Sally Jameson, a Home Office PPS, released a statement calling for Starmer to set out a timetable for his exit, then the New Statesman broke the news that Joe Morris, Wes Streeting’s PPS, had called his whip to resign, swiftly followed by Tom Rutland, a PPS to Emma Reynolds. As I write, a fourth PPS, Naushabah Khan, has also gone over the top.

We’re now seeing a steady drip drip of Wes Streeting supporters, of increasing seniority, going over the top to call on Starmer to go. Number 10 is braced for ministerial resignations to follow.…