[ianch99]

Originally Posted by jfman

If you want to be generous - and I’m not really but to be the devil’s advocate - he has no real mandate from the country or membership. A couple of MPs with a dozen or so friends each could collapse his Premiership sooner rather than later.

Essentially the problem is the Conservative party as a whole.

Agreed but the fact he has no mandate, from anyone, is self-evident. The point I was making is the missed opportunity which now will make Starmer's life easier.