SIR KEIR STARMER finally cleared the lowest bar in political life today: he is more popular than Rishi Sunak.

Pollster Ipsos found that the Labour leader now has a 13 per cent lead over the incumbent as to who might make the best prime minister.

The finding comes after weeks of Tory turmoil, including splits over Rwanda and a demand by former cabinet minister Simon Clarke that Mr Sunak be sacked.