Wednesday briefing: Where Starmer stands after another precarious day in Parliament

Good morning. Keir Starmer is on thin ice. The prime minister survived a bruising Tuesday in the Commons as MPs continued to scrutinise his account of the decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador. Almost all Labour MPs backed Starmer in a key vote on whether he should face an inquiry into whether he misled parliament. But in Westminster there is a growing feeling that the Labour leader is on borrowed time. …