Keir Starmer has watered down a flagship piece of legislation aimed at boosting workers’ rights , and he was right to do so. It's not often I say that, but he was. The problem is, I’m not sure it’s going to do him any good.

For once, the problem isn’t the PM. It lies in the Labour party, which is in a fevered, rebellious state. You’d think MPs and activists would be grateful to Starmer for winning power with an absolutely massive majority. You’d think they’d be delighted to see him spend, nationalise, hike public sector pay and drive up the benefits bill, just like Labour leaders did in the 1970s. But they aren’t.

Instead, they think he’s a sellout. A party traitor. An austerity-loving Tory suit in disguise. Unbelievably, the problem they have with his government is that it’s too right

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