Starmer’s final roll of the dice with Andy Burnham already looks to have failed

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is fighting the notion his premiership is in terminal decline (Picture: Reuters)

It’s hard to think of any point in the past two years when you would have envied Sir Keir Starmer.

Everything has been pretty full-on for his entire spell as Prime Minister, with no shortage of ‘worst weeks of his premiership’.

But even by those standards, things have been dire lately. In previous government catastrophes, Starmer has at least played a role – now, he seems to almost be a side character...