Sir Keir Starmer has apparently continued his quest to be the most unpopular man in Britain by breaking one of the nation's most sacred cultural practices: queuing.

Former health secretary Steve Barclay called for the NHS to provide answers about why a system providing "preferential treatment for those here illegally at our expense" was deemed necessary.

With turn-out at elections plummeting, and distrust in politicians festering, British democracy is in perilously poor health.