Do we know that's the case? When we also heard that Mandelson was involved in selecting Labour Party candidates for GE2024, it became obvious that he's much more enmeshed in Starmer's … (View Post)

He has been employed as a civil servant for a lot longer, I think. When you're promoted within an organisation it doesn't restart the employment law clock. (View Post)

Starmer doesn't do detail. Starmer doesn't do the big picture vision thing. Starmer doesn't do inspiration. Starmer doesn't do persuasion. Starmer doesn't do accountability. … (View Post)

From the Labour Party rule book (pdf), Clause VII, 1, A, ii. So the leader of the Labour party has to be an MP. Now, obviously, Labour party rules do not constrain MPs in Parliament. If Labour MPs in… (View Post)

If, say, Starmer had already announced his intention to resign, and was staying on as PM while the Labour party elected a new leader to take over as PM, and the Cabinet came to him and said, "th… (View Post)