Starmer humiliated as Burnham demands rape gang leader is deported

In today’s episode of The Daily T, Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley expose the growing political vacuum as Andy Burnham intervenes in the deportation case of the Rochdale grooming gang leader Shabir Ahmed - as outgoing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is seemingly nowhere to be seen in the debate.

The pair also break down the exclusive report from Camilla Turner, The Telegraph’s Sunday Political Editor, into the secret dossier codenamed Project Fish, which alleges that Russian spies viewed Lord Peter Mandelson as a ‘privileged contact’.

For some comic relief, Camilla and Tim also speak to comedian and impressionist Matt Forde on the great characters and voices in Westminster today, and what he’ll miss most about Starmer as he exits No 10.

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Highlights:

• Keir Starmer faces another humiliation as Andy Burnham wades into the deportation case of Shabir Ahmed
• Matt Forde gives us his impressions and character breakdowns of Westminster's key players

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