The election for general secretary of UNISON, Britain’s biggest trade union, pits a faithful ally of Keir Starmer against a left-wing challenger who was expelled from the Labour Party by his factional minions. It could be Starmer’s next big headache.

Just over a year into Keir Starmer’s premiership, things are not looking well for the former human rights lawyer.

His term so far has been characterized by scandals around lobbying and by the rise of the far right both electorally and on the streets, not to mention spending cuts that many of his backbenchers opposed and a chronic inability to contain dissent over British involvement in Israel’s genocide.

To make matters worse, the Office for National Statistics has just announced higher-than-expected inflation. Sir Keir just cannot seem to

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