Keir Starmer has lost control of the Labour Party, says Jacob Rees-Mogg

In fact it is thriving.

First it was Azhar Ali, who Sir Keir initially backed and sent shadow cabinet members onto to airwaves to defend.

Then it emerged former MP and then Hyndburn parliamentary candidate Graham Jones allegedly made deeply unpleasant remarks at the same Labour Lancashire meeting.

If the leader of the opposition is serious about tackling this problem, he must disclose who was at this meeting.

Were there senior party members there?

Were there members of the shadow cabinet?

Why does it seem as if these antisemitic comments went unchallenged?

But Sir Keir’s work doesn’t end there.

The rot left by Jeremy Corbyn continues to thrive.

Take the example of the member for Coventry South, Zara Sultana.

You would have thought her record prior to entering parliament would have been enough to have not selected her.

It was revealed she had said before becoming an MP that she would celebrate the deaths of George Bush, Tony Blair and Benjamin Netanyahu and that, rather ominously, “The sooner they meet their creator the better. The concepts of justice and accountability don’t truly exist in this life. Only in the next.”

She also praised what she called the Palestinian “violent resistance”.

Ms Sultana did apologise, after having been caught out, but it hasn’t stopped her recently liking a tweet erroneously accusing Israel of committing genocide.

What about the member for Poplar and Limehouse, Apsana Begum, who thought it sensible to pose for photos with a group that justified the 7th October attacks as “resistance to apartheid” moments after they happened. We are yet to hear an apology from her.

Several of Sir Keir’s ministers resigned in protest to vote in favour of an SNP ceasefire amendment several weeks ago. This was the ceasefire bill that would have effectively told Israel to surrender to Hamas.

The Islamist apologist, Jew-hating and Britain-hating wing of the Labour Party is alive and well, and Sir Keir’s inability to control it shows the party is not ready for government.

His leadership is weak and his team are je jeune.

Today it was reported that Labour staff were blubbing, the poor dear snowflakes, after Sue Gray asked them about the leaks surrounding Labour’s U-turn on the £28 billion annual green pledge.

But this is how it works in government - of course leak investigations will be thorough. Good for Sue Gray who is a highly effective operator.

So Sir Keir can’t keep the extreme wing of his party in line, he can’t commit to a position on anything, and his staff are too fragile to face a leak investigation.

It’s no wonder the latest polling has revealed the party is at its lowest rating in seven months - it’s because it isn’t ready for government.