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As Keir Starmer clings on by his finger nails / finally announces his resignation [Delete as appropriate depending on when you're reading this], one of the first few resignations this week, came from an MP in the Ministry of Justice. 

Alex Davies-Jones was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, but quit this Tuesday, managing to get her resignation letter in two days before Wes Streeting.

Davies-Jones, who served as the Minister for Victims and Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls, said the government had delivered "some monumental changes which will help save lives and shift the dial on the conversation".

But, with an unsubtle nod to the PM, she added: "We have needed to do more and therefore it is with a very, heavy heart that I feel I have no choice but to resign."

She added: "I know you to be a good and honest man. But in my heart are my constituents, the victims I have had the honour of working with every day, including the Hillsborough victims and their families, and all those who demand better of us."

And then put the the knife in: "I implore you to act in the country's interest and set out a timetable for your departure".

Starmer has faced other criticism from his own party when it comes to the government's handling of justice. Jess Phillips, the safeguarding minister, also resigned this week, stating that "opportunities for progress" were "stalled and delayed".

Labour suspended backbench MP Karl Turner recently, after he led calls against Lammy's proposal to scrap jury trials for thousands of cases. Turner said that it was "clear" he was suspended in relation to his "robust but fair" criticism of the government's changes to jury trials.

If Starmer does stand down as PM, presumably he'll have more time on his hands, to drop in at Ward Hadaway again.