Dan Hodges

America's shock jocks have really got it in for us. 'Britain is turning into

In the space of six short weeks, this individual has driven a wedge between the Prime Minister and the Security Services, the wider civil service, his own Cabinet and other senior members of team.

Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner do not enjoy the same symbiosis. The two basically dislike, and are suspicious of, one another, writes DAN HODGES.

'Boris is the endorsement they all want,' a former Cabinet Minister told me. 'He's not got directly involved in the contest yet. But he's watching. And if it's close, he could still turn out to be the kingmaker.'

Alright, enough now. It's one thing for Keir Starmer to frame the tough road ahead. It's legitimate for him to attempt to lay the blame for the country's ills at the doors of his opponents.

'We saw it with the Tories ,' one senior Home Office adviser told me. 'They ran around saying,

Yesterday I took a call from a senior member of London's Jewish community. He is a longstanding supporter of Labour and a champion of Keir Starmer. 'He's lost the community', he told me.

Sir Keir Starmer has decided to bet the house on Kamala Harris. Last week it emerged the Prime Minister has despatched his polling guru Deborah Mattinson to the United States.

If Sir thought his ardent Europhilia would lead to a swift post-election deal with Brussels, he has received a shock.

The optics of the prison release were appalling, as drug dealers queued up on camera to personally thank the Prime Minister for handing them their liberty.