Oh dear, Keir Starmer may end up regretting sacking Lucy Powell from the role of Leader of The House of Commons last week because she is in the final two of the contest for the recently vacant role of Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.
I'm a Labour supporter and even i say the last 12 months of Labour Government have been awful, not Conservative Party awful, but really not good and the calls for the stubbornly boring Keir to be replaced by someone more 'Labour' is growing which takes some doing after such a short time at the helm but after a year of Labour shouting at him to do something different, he only has himself to blame.
I would usually be championing Angela Raynor but that boat sailed when she evaded, and then lied about, her tax affairs so i would have to have a look around to see who is left standing before committing but the role of Deputy seems to be between Powell who has been critical of the way Labour has Governed and Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson who is Number 10's choice.
Unfortunately for Number 10 though, the decision is down to the Labour Party members and Lucy Powell is believed to be the most popular candidate amongst ordinary members which could be awkward for Starmer, especially as her closest friend is Andy Burnham who is widely tipped to be the one to take over if something happens to Starmer, such as he is removed from power by his own Party.
Things could get interesting in the Labour Party which is something nobody has ever said under Keir Starmer.