Starmer buys some time – but he could be running out of political capital (opens in new tab)

With a possible election ‘shellacking’ coming up, the PM is not out of danger despite his MPs backing over MandelsonKeir Starmer deployed the entire Labour machine – cabinet ministers, whips, even Gordon Brown – to shore up his support ahead of what was set to be a critical day for his premiership on Tuesday. And it worked.Labour MPs trooped dutifully through the voting lobbies to block Conservative attempts to refer him to the privileges committee – a process that would have dragged out the ...