Starmer getting a snippy review in an off the record gossip column from a hostile paper is in no way the 'same stage' as successfully facing down a pointless petulant leadership coup. The fact that Starmer's hacks are so thin-skinned about this sort of gentle ribbing is, if anything, indicative of just how much less political nous they possess than they think they do. After all, we're supposed to be 20 points ahead, right?
Labour Party infighting and the minority lane discarding putting a stop to it because they had it worse sometime in the past. Name a more iconic duo. I can say this certainly doesn't help Starmer to get "20 points ahead".