Accusing Sir Keir Starmer of “outright assault on the Left”, Williamson said it was “time to accelerate efforts to create a genuinely anti-imperialist, socialist party”. Does it matter?

“We saw snippets of it last season, but it wasn’t often enough. But now we are seeing it all, week-in, week-out."

Northern Ballet claimed he was perpetuating “tropes that culture in the north is of less value than that in London”.

Lord Rooker praised the peer for his actions at the last election, saying: “I understand he performed a national service.”

The communications director is not the first person to walk away from Number 10

Britain becomes the first European country to register 50,000 Covid19 deaths.

One well-placed Whitehall official said Number 10 had become a "nest of vipers", adding "it's all falling apart in there, it's far worse than the outside world realises."

This is the weather forecast for London today.

The outgoing President is packing the Pentagon with loyalists who, when the time comes, could prevent the Secret Service from removing him.