Can this really be the bloke who's been branded the worst PM in the last 50 years and who’s cocked up every single thing he’s touched since he came into office – immigration, the economy, the justice system. He’s giving away the Chagos Islands, he’s alienated business together with all pensioners and farmers?

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to swap "warm words" for a "free trade agreement" with US President Donald Trump following his latest trade war move. Trump has targeted Britain's steel industry by imposing a 25 per cent tariff on worldwide steel and aluminium imports.