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)

The vetting process was a sham, I think. Everyone would have already understood, without it needing to be said (Mandelson was already in post, after all) that it didn't matter what the vetting t… (View Post)

Britain aims to supply Ukraine with 120,000 drones this year, which is about 330 per day. It's more than I would have guessed. It's 3% of Ukraine's drone production for last year, so w… (View Post)

This question often comes up and then the resigning PM always stays on after announcing their intention to resign while a permanent replacement is selected. If there's pressure for this to be do… (View Post)