The king is dead! Long live the king! In an (almost) bloodless passing of the guard it seems barring a significant change of course, Andy Burnham will be this country’s seventh prime minister in 10 years.

Sir Keir Starmer delivered an emotional goodbye message from the steps of Downing Street which essentially listed his achievements, alluded to the ruthless fashion in which he had been ditched by his own party and praised his wife and kids.

Like Sir Keir, I too was stunned at the speed at which the Labour Party essentially told the man who led them to a landslide at the 2024 election that he was no longer fit for purpose and should jump before being embarrassingly pushed.