Archie Bland

And it doesn't feel as if Keir Starmer can kind of turn that corner and come up with a radically new proposition for his premiership.

Yeah, I think all of the leading candidates have a more coherent platform and a more coherent vision.

People, I think, who pay attention to politics understand more clearly what their ideological underpinning is, whether that's to the left of the Labour Party or to the right of the Labour Party.

And you even hear people say he might not be naturally sympathetic to Wes Streeting.

At least he appears to have a kind of a clarity of agenda and a willingness to fight for it.

That was a complaint that one of his allies, Jess Phillips, made in her resignation yesterday about Keir Starmer.

So

I think the fact that they're all going to show their kind of ideological stripes a bit in this fight is partly indicative of the fact that the party is really crying out for that after several years of a leader whose managerialism was touted as a strength, but ultimately has proved to be one of his weaknesses.

Yeah.

And even Wes Streeting's team said before this that he would never dream of doing anything to disrupt King Charles's appearance in Parliament.

And yes.

At the same time, sources very close to him appear to have produced something that may well have been deliberately timed to come out at a time when it would be very difficult for any ministers opposed to him to start briefing on the other side of the picture.

So that will, I think, immediately cause some anger amongst allies of Keir Starmer's.

So this is the gift which people will remember was revealed in a Guardian exclusive recently.

And what that said was that this £5 million was given to Farage shortly before he decided to run in the last election.

If there is any doubt over whether a gift is for personal use or could be considered to have a political ramification in the 12 months before somebody becomes an MP, then it should be declared publicly.

Farage says that this was unambiguously for personal use and that it was because he had security concerns which Christopher Harborne wanted to fund.

If it concludes that he has broken the code of conduct, that could lead to a suspension, which could itself ultimately lead to a recall petition and potentially even a challenge to him as an MP.

So there's an awful lot to play for here for Farage.

It's pretty serious, but we obviously don't know yet which way the investigation will go.