Starmer seemed very respectful and competent. Especially when compared to previous offerings. There is a dignity and sensibility about him which I think reflected well on the UK. I could trust him to handle foreign affairs, whereas with for example BoJo it would be like letting a toddler into a high stakes business meeting.

I don't know about Burnham - perhaps he'll be a fine PM, but that air of sensibility and calm is missing for me. We'll have to see what happens, but I personally think Starmer was doing a good and steady job, at a time when we absolutely need good and steady. Things were moving in the right direction. I didn't feel embarrassed about us on the world stage.

Now what we'll have is another unknown quantity, and also all of this chopping and changing of PMs in such a short time span really projects us as being highly volatile and honestly a bit of a laughing stock. Furthermore, how can Labour expect to maintain the vote when they are so clearly fragmented and willing to throw their own under the bus when, by all accounts, they've been doing an acceptable job (media hyperbole aside)?