Hemmed in by his red lines, Keir Starmer has somehow managed to negotiate a new deal with the European Union. Once more, there were late night talks, with the EU playing hardball until the last. Admittedly,

It’s testament to the shock in the United Kingdom over what is being called Prime Minister Starmer’s “Brexit betrayal” that some of the fiercest criticism of the “reset” deal is coming from his own Labour party.

How far has the Prime Minister travelled intellectually from the world in which he feels most at home? We have been told time and again by the Labour Party’s spin doctors that Sir Keir Starmer is no longer just a Left-wing lawyer from North London but a responsible leader who governs in the national interests.