Keir Starmer: “I did ask him, and I did not accept his explanation. That is why I sacked him.”

I got into a lot of trouble in a primary school when an eight-year-old encouraged me to do the 6-7 thing and the whole class joined in. It went viral and when I left, the headteacher told me sternly that it was against the school rules.

I go with good grace, I go with a smile, and I go proud of everything we have achieved.

I had a meeting with him to tell him that in this country we will stand with him and Ukraine, and I didn’t let him leave alone.

Throughout this conflict, I have seen the incredible fortitude of the Ukrainian people and the iron will of a nation that refuses to be cowed.