Alex Davies-Jones

All of the messaging from Downing Street is that they are carrying on.

That's what we heard from the cabinet that did come out in front of the microphones today.

And it is possible that he absolutely can do that because the prime minister is right to say a leadership contest hasn't been triggered, that West Streeting or anybody else that might want this job hasn't come out and said, right, I'm going to challenge the prime minister now.

Let's crack on with this.

We're not in that position.

Having said all of that, this is clearly...

Not a normal situation when you've got, yes, a chunk of your parliamentary Labour Party backing you, but also a chunk that aren't, and people of your own government resigning as a consequence of that.

And there is also a question about now.

So we're talking now on Tuesday.

The King's speech is on Wednesday, and that is when the government sets out its legislative programme.

So it says what it wants to get done, what laws it wants to pass, and its absolute priorities.

And you've now got a prime minister who's saying, I'm determined to crack on and do that and govern in the way I was elected to do.

But at the same time, you know that there are members of his cabinet that have had a word with him and said, oh, prime minister, you might want to have a think about what you do next.

He's also then got all this public unrest in his own party.

So when it comes to the practicalities of governing and legislating, when parliament has to pass laws, you know, that is problematic, I think.

I don't actually know where mine is.

Yeah, and you're completely right.

And that is exactly, that's basically what Keir Starmer said today in pretty coded terms in his language.

You know, there's no leadership contest, so I'm cracking on, i.e.,

If you want one, go for it.