The PM is in a hot mess - and I've never seen anything like it

Less than a twelvemonth agone successful Downing Street, the bunting was out, and Keir Starmer was walking into No 10 to a chorus of cheers aft winning a landslide victory.

Now there's specified a rebellion from his ain MPs, he's being forced to ascent down connected his payment reforms.

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For a premier curate to look specified a situation truthful aboriginal successful his premiership, with specified a large majority, is simply unprecedented.

It is simply a humiliating stroke to his authorization from a parliamentary enactment that has felt ignored by Downing Street.

How has this happened?

The PM's full absorption for the past 12 days has been connected planetary diplomacy.

He's gone from the G7 successful Canada, trying to woody with Trump, commercialized deals, de-escalation; then Israel-Iran, helium was astatine Chequers trying to woody with that crisis; and past helium was consecutive to NATO.

You could forgive him for being beauteous aggravated that those who should person been managing the store backmost location person ended up successful specified an tremendous blow-up with MPs. A PM needs to beryllium capable to spot his squad erstwhile he's dealing with planetary crisis.

As I recognize it, a period agone up to 140 MPs signed a backstage missive to the whips informing they would not judge the payment reforms.

The whips told No 10 - and No 10 it seems stuck their fingers successful their ears and didn't wage attraction to it.

But this is truly draining connected the PM's authority. Ultimately, helium carries the can.

What happens next?

As I recognize it, he's present looking astatine superior concessions successful bid to get his payment measure passed connected Tuesday.

No 10 are considering whether they driblet the PIP changes for existing claimants, and the wellness constituent of cosmopolitan recognition for existing claimants too.

Speaking to maine connected the Electoral Dysfunction podcast, Labour adjacent and ex-minister Harriet Harman said she expects concessions to beryllium capable to appease capable of the rebels.

It volition permission the chancellor needing to look determination other to marque billions of pounds of savings.

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It's a blistery mess, and it was avoidable. It has near precise atrocious humor betwixt the parliamentary enactment and No 10 and No 11. There's a batch of ire directed astatine Rachel Reeves astatine the infinitesimal too.

For a PM to beryllium facing specified an overt situation to his authorization with a moving bulk of 165, little than a twelvemonth into his leadership, having to U-turn due to the fact that he's facing defeat?

I've ne'er seen thing similar it.