They say that if you’re explaining, you’re losing. That quote, attributed to Ronald Reagan, came to mind yesterday as I watched Keir Starmer squirm his way through howls of laughter in the House of Commons as he insisted “we are a united team.”

This was fish in a barrel stuff for Tory leader Kemi Badenoch, who clearly enjoyed the PM’s discomfort. The reason why so many opposition MPs (and more than a few Labour members) found the situation so entertaining is because Westminster was gripped on Tuesday night by vicious anonymous briefings from Number Ten, accusing various cabinet ministers of........

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