Chris

I will always be convinced that he won the leadership in the first place because Labour was in opposition with an apparent mountain to climb after the 2019 election and Boris’ seemingly insurmountable 80-seat majority. Nobody thought he’d ever be PM. He was supposed to be a safe pair of managerial hands to lead the party through the wilderness years while the younger generation (hopefully) proved itself.

That being the case, I’m also not really very surprised that he was hopeless as prime minster. Limp, indecisive, grey, unwilling to upset anyone and therefore achieving nothing but to upset everyone. The undignified manner of his departure - helpless to do anything but sit and watch the coup unfold around him over the past few months - is entirely fitting.