Pity poor Keir Starmer . To quote Frank Sinatra, he was flying high in April (or Monday), shot down in May (Tuesday). The walking embodiment of the old adage that a week is a long time in politics.

For the second summer in a row, the Prime Minister had his holiday plans upended by events. Last year it was the Southport riots . This time it was the war and possible peace in Ukraine.

Starmer was forced to break-off from his family holiday in Scotland to conduct some last-minute diplomacy, joining other European leaders to chaperone Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House for talks with Donald Trump .

The Prime Minister would no doubt have preferred to stay with his loved ones, but after Trump’s controversial summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska , a decision was made that Ukraine and

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