Sunday, 21 June 2026

As the maverick politician Enoch Powell, famously said in 1977 ‘all political lives end in failure’.

 On the Laura Kuenssberg programme this morning on BBC One, we had the cabinet minister Peter Kyle, a close friend of the prime minister - giving a robust defence of his boss, Keir Starmer. Nevertheless he conceded that the prime minister was reflecting on the ‘political realities’. This was a coded message that the game was up. It’s now anticipated Keir Starmer, will set out a timeline for his departure from Downing Street and very probably by the September Labour Party conference. This will give time for a proper discussion about values and vision for the country. Hopefully there will be others like Wes Streeting to - put in a bid for the leadership. As we reflect on the premiership of the prime minister, the famous words of Enoch Powell MP (1912-1998) - couldn’t be more apposite ‘all political lives end in failure’. 

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