Downing Street released a dolled-up video of Starmer’s meeting with Biden. It includes a stilted first handshake and the President’s bizarre second attempt at one once they were sitting. Biden eventually says “Gimme your hand, there, pal” and Starmer has to reach over awkwardly…

The PM has just had to deny that the President is “senile“: “We’ve covered a lot of ground, strategic ground, international stuff … He was on good form.” Funnily enough, Starmer disagrees with Biden’s own party. YouGov shows that the only demographic of Democrat that’s still in favor of a Biden presidential candidacy is… the over 65s. An age group Starmer will soon be in, to be fair…