And on July 1st Sir Keir Starmer was humiliated by a huge rebellion, as Labour MPs gutted a bill to cut sickness and disability benefits. In Parliament the next day his chancellor wept and yields on Britain’s debt soared.

But the parallel is this: a government transparently not in control of events, shoved around humiliatingly by parliament. The astonishing thing about this row is Sir Keir Starmer has a mandate and a majority.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer marks a year in office this week, facing challenges from within his party and the public.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer won a vote on his welfare plans on Tuesday at significant political cost as he suffered the biggest parliamentary rebellion of his premiership and was forced to back down on key parts of the package.

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted welfare reform is still on the table as he took the blame for Tuesday’s U-turn in the face of a major backbench rebellion. In an interview with the BBC, the Prime Minister acknowledged his Government did not “get the process right” and failed to “engage in the way that we should have done” on welfare changes.