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Andy Zaltzman

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The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

I think even the most ardent Brexit fans would acknowledge that.

The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

And I think what we have to do, we have to give it time.

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Starmer's still PM (just)

It's probably too early to reopen those still open wounds still further.

The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

What we need to do is let Brexit take its course.

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Starmer's still PM (just)

And if it's going really, really well after 40 years, then we abandon it and rejoin the EU.

The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

That's basically the principle by which Brexit happened itself in the first place.

The Bugle
Starmer's still PM (just)

So West Street wrote a letter of resignation in which he said, where we need vision, we have a vacuum, and where we need direction, we have drift.

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...