There isn’t a deal to be done with the far left

put itself out over the trans issue, or come out strongly in support of Rowling's apparently controversial "sex is real" stance. And one hard left sacking was enough for a while. Starmer can't push his luck against a hard left that's still a substantial force in the party.

But, as the man says, you can't make a deal with them. Some sort of reckoning has to come…