The prime minister is hosting a meeting of his cabinet as he attempts to push forward following a bruising week for his leadership

In his Today interview, when Ed Miliband said that Keir Starmer has a “burning passion” to end the “class divide” in British politics (see 9.15am), Nick Robinson, the presenter, said that Miliband would be accused of promoting class war.

It was a fair guess. Within minutes, a Mail journalist posted this on social media.

Ed Miliband suggests Starmer will now wage a new class war: ‘What angers Keir most is class, the class divide - he exists to change that.

‘I dispute the idea this is not someone driven by burning passion.