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Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots, the Spectator's Daily Politics Podcast.

I'm Isabel Hardman and this is the Sunday roundup.

This week, the local elections make a seismic impact as reform surges, the Greens make gains

and Labour is in freefall.

Thursday's results were dismal for the government and have plunged Labor into deep crisis.

The party is now intensely divided over where the Kier-Starmer can continue to lead,

although the Prime Minister himself has insisted he will not stand down,

saying he wants to take the country through a 10-year project of renewal.

Labour backbencher Catherine West has announced that she intends to trigger a leadership contest

if no one else comes forward to challenge Starma.

On Sky News this morning, Education Secretary Bridget Philipson told Trevor Phillips

that West has got it wrong.

Bridget Philipson, the London MP, Catherine West, says that unless the cabinet gets itself

together and nominates a replacement for the Prime Minister by tomorrow, she's going to trigger

a leadership contest. So when are you having the meeting?

Catherine is a great colleague, and I've known her a long time, and I have real respect for

...