SHOULD he stay or should he go? Following a catastrophic set of local election results, Sir Keir Starmer faced renewed calls from Labour MPs to step down.

More than a century of Labour’s political dominance in Wales has been shattered, the scale and significance of this defeat being seismic.

By Saturday, more than 30 Labour MPs had called for the PM to quit or agree a timetable for his departure.

In response, Starmer acknowledged that the result was ‘tough’ but said he was “not going to walk away from this”, as that would plunge the “country into chaos”.

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He announced that he had a new plan to build a stronger and fairer Britain, focusing on supporting young people. This blueprint will be unveiled on Monday in perhaps the most significant speech of his political life.

Alongside this he announced that Harriet Harman and Gordon Brown had been appointed as advisors to his floundering administration. He described this as broadening his team by bringing in “old heads”.

It is difficult to see the rationale for bringing back a previous prime minister and deputy prime minister. In what way is this bold, fresh or re-energising? It smacks of desperation.

Starmer’s assertion that this ‘setback’ would not force him to change his political direction is........

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