It was clear that, after the failed coup on Monday, Sir Keir needed to come out, face the public and issue a defiant message to show he will not back down. But news that his former communications chief has lost the Labour whip means any respite will be short-lived, writes David Maddox

Downing Street says PM will be ‘out and about’ in the coming week ‘making the case for why [his] government is delivering for working people’

Many people in Labour wanted Morgan McSweeney sacked as Downing Street chief of staff before he finally quit over the Mandelson scandal, but now the question is if Starmer can…