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A BBC Question Time viewers member requested a brutal query about Sir Keir Starmer moments into tonight’s present. The man questioned whether or not he’s “now a lame duck prime minister” after a chaotic week which noticed Sir Keir combating to avoid wasting his premiership amid the Lord Mandelson scandal.

Cabinet minister Luke Pollard was rendered speechless within the awkward seconds that adopted earlier than presenter Fiona Bruce mentioned: “That’s coming your way, Luke.”

The Defence Secretary replied: “No, I don’t think he is. I think what I wanted to see from a leader, especially after so many years of chaos, is someone that can try things, make mistakes but admit they’ve made mistakes, apologise for it, learn those lessons and do better.

“I do not suppose any of us wish to return to the political chaos we noticed over the past decade.”

Former Tory MP Nadine Dorries cut in: “What have we seen over the past week?”

Mr Pollard went on: “I wish to see the Prime Minister give attention to the problems that matter.

“That means restoring trust, it also means learning where mistakes have been made and he’s been very honest this week which is what I want to see from a political leader.

“I wish to see somebody that in the event that they make a mistake admits it, learns the teachings after which does higher and that is exactly what I’ve heard him say this week.

“What I know the public wants us to do, focus on getting stuff done, changing Britain for the better, delivering the manifesto.

“We’re making progress with that, I would like us to make progress quicker and the extra time we spend on Westminster ups and downs, I do not suppose that is the place the general public needs us to be. Focus on the problems that matter.

“But we’ve got to learn from this week because I don’t want to see this week repeated again frankly.”

Tory Ben Spencer branded him as a “zombie” Prime Minister, including: “He seems to be wandering around aimlessly at the moment sort of neither dead or alive.”