It is hard to imagine many people will miss Sir Keir Starmer now he has gone. Perhaps, like phantom limb syndrome, he will continue to cause pain even though it was generally agreed that amputation was the best option. This week, however, after new boy Andy Burnham delivered a windy address on social care in

Burnham concluded by saying that 'difficult decisions' would be made on tax to fund social care reform, without specifying what they were.

It is hard to imagine many people will miss Sir Keir Starmer now he has gone. Perhaps, like phantom limb syndrome, he will continue to cause pain even though it was generally…