Hi, I'm Edward, a producer on the story.

This morning, the Prime Minister delivered a speech as he tried the latest reset of his leadership

after last week's disastrous local election results.

In this extra afternoon episode of the story, we're handing over to our Times radio colleague, John Pinar, for the latest.

Kistama, failing to salvage his leadership this morning hardly counts as breaking news.

The Prime Minister didn't suddenly transform himself into an inspirational leader because he

couldn't. Doesn't know how, not his fault, we're talking about real life, not a Marvel movie,

which gets us to the real question. The same question as before. If the problem for the Labour

Party and the Labour Government is Kirst Stama,

and to a significant extent, at least it clearly is, what and who is the solution?

Now, those are actually two different questions, and as of now, Labour is nowhere near agreeing on either one.

But one thing has changed.

Now a wide-the-unknown MP has announced

she's gathering the names of MPs who want Stama gone by September, Catherine West.

She's provided a cause the rival supporters of rival potential candidates for leader

can get behind.

That's if they do, and that's still a big if,

it will amount to a voter confidence in the Prime Minister.

And Kirstama's days could be numbered, well conceivably, within a very few days. Now, that would, for one thing, allow the bookie's favourite Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, time to get back into Parliament as an MP and to qualify to run for leader, though that, of course, would hardly suit another contender, the Health Secretary, West Streeting.

So could he grab back the initiative, couldn't quickly declare himself a candidate?

There is no sign of that, not yet.

Or of a delegation of senior ministers handing Stama notice to quit.

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