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PM Keir Starmer will be knocked down from a surprising source (Image: Getty)<\/p>\n
Keir Starmer doesn\u2019t even have many supporters in his own party. The Parliamentary party would rather see Andy Burnham, Wes Streeting, Angela Rayner or Ed Miliband in charge. What does that grim parade of non-talent have in common? They\u2019re not Keir Starmer. Which now seems to be the only qualification Labour MPs require in a potential leader. Not being Rachel Reeves probably helps<\/a>.<\/p>\n I\u2019d feel sorry for Starmer if he had the slightest insight into his own limitations, and wasn\u2019t clearly destined for a pension-boosting legal career the moment this one ends. Yet despite Labour\u2019s guns being trained firmly on its own leader, the party isn\u2019t the biggest threat Starmer faces right now. Arch-challenger Andy Burnham can\u2019t even get himself into Parliament<\/a>, let alone No 10. Streeting and Rayner aren’t ready to move yet.<\/p>\n Nigel Farage<\/a> is having enormous fun dismantling the Conservative Party, one defection at a time, and remains by far the biggest threat to Tory leader Kemi Badenoch.<\/p>\n He may yet prove Badenoch\u2019s nemesis, but at least she\u2019s putting up a fight. Starmer has identified Farage as a threat too, but the real challenge may take him by surprise.<\/p>\n Read more: ‘Rachel Reeves finds a way to make death worse \u2013 this time she\u2019s gone too far’ <\/a><\/p>\n Read more: ‘Keir Starmer shows he’s unfit to lead UK \u2013 stabbed every Briton in the back’ <\/a><\/p>\n It comes from man I haven\u2019t written much about, but probably will in future. His name is Zack Polanski, the, er, \u201ccharismatic\u201d leader of the Green Party.<\/p>\n If you know anything about Polanski, you\u2019ll probably have heard he offered hypnotherapy to help women increase the size of their breasts using his mind<\/a>. I\u2019m not going there.<\/p>\n Nor will I make cheap jokes about his teeth<\/a>. Given how Americans malign poor British oral hygiene, Polanski\u2019s wonky gnashers are the most patriotic thing about him.<\/p>\n I’m more interested in what comes out of his mouth. Polanski is wooing the crowd by flattering every left-wing fixation, banging on about Israel<\/a>, open borders, trans politics, evil landlords, wealth taxes, Donald Trump,<\/a> Israel, Gaza and Israel.<\/p>\n Occasionally he remembers he leads the Greens rather than a Trotskyist splinter group and mentions the environment.<\/p>\n Polanski\u2019s great advantage over Starmer is simple. He isn\u2019t in government. He can promise anything, say anything, knowing he won’t be held responsible for it.<\/p>\n Farage enjoys the same privilege, just as Starmer did before the last election.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Now Labour is in power, it\u2019s constrained by reality, responsibility and delivery. It can\u2019t whip up leftie crowds with fantasy politics or consequence-free slogans. Polanski can. And they’re lapping it up.<\/p>\n A mere 38% of 2024 Labour voters still support the party, according to YouGov. Of those who’ve moved by far the biggest number, 15%, have gone Green. Polanski’s party now boasts a remarkable 37% share among 18-to-24-year-olds.<\/p>\n