Chris Mason: Dissent fizzes again at the top of the Labour Party
Key takeaways
- It turns out we didn't have to wait to find out if the Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham would be returning to Westminster before the bubbles of anxiety about Sir Keir Starmer would be visible again.
- The prime minister had sought to seize this brief opportunity to project direction and delivery and saw the Defence Investment Plan, or DIP, as a case study in both.
- Instead it has become the latest example - according to his departing ministerial critics - of his inability to get things done.
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Chris Mason Political editor Reuters Sir Keir Starmer is under fresh pressure after the resignation of Defence Secretary John Healey on Thursday After the spray of resignations, fury and anger a month ago following Labour's calamitous election results, the Makerfield by-election campaign had put a temporary cork in the bottle of the party's dissent.
It turns out we didn't have to wait to find out if the Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham would be returning to Westminster before the bubbles of anxiety about Sir Keir Starmer would be visible again.
The prime minister had sought to seize this brief opportunity to project direction and delivery and saw the Defence Investment Plan, or DIP, as a case study in both.