Peers have backed an amendment, which was led by former military chiefs, which has left Starmer’s controversial Chagos deal in crisis

It comes as former Supreme Court judge Jonathan Sumption said Trump’s capture of the Venezuelan president was ‘illegal’ and former attorney general Dominic Grieve described the US president as ‘a serious and significant danger to world peace’

With rumours swirling about a coup against Starmer, Britain’s leading polling guru told The Independent that he would not be surprised if one of the main party leaders is replaced in 2026