Keir Starmer staggers on for another day |
Sir Keir Starmer is now the Black Knight of British politics. Like the mutilated pugilist of Monty Python, he stumbles around the Westminster battlefield, blustering and boasting while desperately trying not to totter over. Starmer and his team have spent most of the day trying to defend their decision to hand a peerage to Matthew Doyle, No. 10’s former communications chief. Doyle was appointed to the House of Lords last month – despite having campaigned for a friend charged with child sex offenses.
The subject dominated Prime Ministers’ Questions this lunchtime and the subsequent briefing for journalists. Downing Street’s claim that Doyle’s peerage could not be withdrawn after the nomination stage has been contradicted........