He views Starmer's resignation as a brutal but inevitable consequence of losing the support of Labour MPs.

“once the Labour Party decides and and then moves as it did on the back of that election result on Friday where everybody you spoke to was saying it's got to be Andy, it's got to be Andy, Kier's got to go, Kier's got to go. Once that happens, the real politique does take over.”

He expresses gratitude that Starmer saw the situation and resigned rather than attempting to remain in office despite losing support.

“gratitude above all for the fact that he saw the writing on the wall and didn't try to Joe Biden it and hang on to the last moment.”