Starmer deployed a swerving manoeuvre for today’s pool clip. He was asked three times by a reporter whether he or one of his MPs warned Speaker Hoyle that he could lose Labour Party support after the election if last night didn’t go their way. Thrice he swerved answering…

Sir Keir carefully answered that he didn’t put that kind of pressure on Hoyle, leaving open the question of whether his personnel did. As is widely believed…