Nothing so became Keir Starmer’s premiership as his leaving of it. Farewell remarks outside Downing Street, unpunctuated by the odious Steve Bray; a brief goodbye in Buckingham Palace, before the King welcomed his fourth new prime minister in four years; then to the pub to drown his sorrows with Rachel Reeves, leaving Andy Burnham and

The talks in London will formally conclude a long fight within the Labour Party to replace Keir Starmer after growing discontent over his leadership.

Keir Starmer has given a farewell address outside the famous black door of No10, just two years after winning an extraordinary election landslide.