Peston: Starmer ruling out a timetable to quit is Olympic level straw-clutching
Keir Starmer does not want the Makerfield by-election to be an explicit referendum on whether he should remain prime minister. Unfortunately, it will be.
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Follow @pestonRobert Peston is ITV’s political editor, presenter of the politics show “Peston” and the podcast “The Rest is Money”, and founder of the education charity, Speakers for Schools (www.speakers4schools.org). He has written seven critically acclaimed books, including his two latest, “How to Run Britain"- and a thriller set in the financial crisis, “The Crash”. Peston has won more than 30 awards for his journalism, including Journalist of the Year, Specialist Journalist of the Year and Scoop of the Year (twice) from the Royal Television Society. His blog is itv.com/robertpeston, and he is @peston on Twitter.
Starmer 'deciding whether to announce departure timetable'
Some cabinet ministers believe the die is already cast that the PM will have to resign and say he should acknowledge that reality.
Peston: Will Starmer announce a departure timetable sooner than people think?
Starmer is effectively a lame duck PM whose utterances about policy will barely be heard above the racket of speculation about how and when he will go.