India, May 17 -- While Keir Starmer gets to remain in No 10 until at least June, pundits say melodrama could drag on until the Labour Party conference at the end of September.

After a long wait Wes Streeting has resigned as NHS and Health Secretary setting the stage for a Labour leadership contest; hailing from the right side of the Labour party it is expected he is the continuity candidate, but will the Soft-Lefties let him win? Although one unexpected consequence could be that Keir Starmer will enter the leadership ballot, then it is not out of the realms of possibility that he could win. A recent poll suggests that the only candidate that could beat Starmer in the contest is Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester.

Josh Simons MP h...