One thing after another has gone wrong for Keir Starmer, as the economy tanks, Labour high-ups resign in droves, and the public realises he couldn't run a chip shop, let alone a whole country.

Voters have had enough but they can't do much about it, as the next election is years away. Yet Starmer faces a more immediate threat, from his own party. They've had enough too.

Many want him out, and now they've got a figurehead to rally around in Andy Burnham, the Labour Mayor of Manchester, .

Burnham has been itching to have another crack at the leadership ever since losing out to Jeremy Corbyn in 2015.

Now he reckons the tide is turning in his favour as Starmer sinks. His biggest hurdle is that he isn't an MP, but he's manoeuvring to stay relevant by backing Lucy Powell in the deputy leadership contest triggered by Angela Rayner's departure.

Burnham boasts one superpower. He's from the North. He's so proud of it, he never stops mentioning it.

In fact, he's the UK's most dedicated exponent of that ancient breed, the Professional Northerner. And in the crazy world of Labour Party internal politics, that could be enough.