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I did like David Davies, I think he'd have been better than Cameron as a PM.

This is going to be, and should be, extremely tricky for Starmer to ride this through.
It was a terrible judgemental error to put Mandelson as USA Ambassador.
There is a growing strong rumbling against Starmer on this, on the Labour backbenches.
It's pretty clear I would say that Labour will have, (to be as kind as I can), it will have a near nightmare in elections next year, in Wales, Scotland and the local elections.
There's already soundings of, IF the elections are bad, then it is a judgement on Starmer.

I can't recall reading of or coming across in 20th century onwards politics, where Labour would 'force' a leader OUT, whether as leader of the opposition or as PM.
(Except for Ramsay McDonald in the 1930s).
However I'm of the view now that it is heading to likely there'll be moves against Starmer which are growing now so much, that it could reach to be 'much more' than likely.