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Andy Zaltzman

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The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

which is probably a fair criticism of Keir Starmer.

The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

But in terms of what you want in politics, vision and direction, not necessarily what you want.

The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

As Josh, you were hinting at in America, Donald Trump has vision and direction.

The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

The problems are the hallucinations that he's seeing and the fact that where he's going is as fast as possible simultaneously off a cliff and into an iceberg.

The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

So vision and direction, not necessarily good things politically.

The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

Yeah, direction and drift also two absolute keys for successful spin bowling in Test cricket.

The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

That's a different show.

The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

So the question now for Labour is whether it does seem that a leadership challenge will happen at some point.

The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

It might be a few months away because they have to wait for Andy Burnham

The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

former cabinet minister, current mayor of Manchester, to get back into Parliament because he's not currently an MP, although an MP in Manchester has said he will step down and allow Burnham to stand.

The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

But even then, they might not win that by-election because they won the election in 2024 with not a particularly big majority.

The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

So basically, it's chaos.

The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

But Labour is faced with this unappetising... I guess as the old proverb goes...

The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

don't shoot the horse midstream.

The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

But as the other old proverb goes, don't continue to ride a drowning horse midstream.

The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

Either way, they're getting wet.

The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

Basically out of the frying pan into an almost identical frying pan, whatever they choose to do.

The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

One feature that we always get whenever we have sort of political upheavals like we're going through at the moment is journalists standing in Downing Street shouting questions at politicians as they walk into and out of 10 Downing Street.

The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

And obviously the politicians never answer those questions, but those questions still get shouted.

The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

Are you going to resign?