For many, it was the moment Ed Miliband lost the 2015 General Election. Was he tough enough to stand up to Putin, he was asked by Jeremy Paxman in the pivotal leader's debate.
The Labour veteran was scathing. 'Starmer's blown it already,' he said. 'He's kicked off the local election campaign by saying to the voters, "I don't care what you do, I'm staying."'
Last month, as the tide of sleaze surrounding Peter Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador began to surge up Downing Street, I made the mistake of comparing Keir Starmer to the late Richard Nixon.
The giant, grey B-52 bomber sat a few hundred yards away from me, idling its engines. You don't actually appreciate how huge these weapons of war are until you see them up close.
Angela Rayner is no longer 'on manoeuvres'. Instead, she now has Keir Starmer directly in her sights, and has begun opening up with live rounds, writes DAN HODGES.
Accepting NATO's limits is better than abandoning an alliance that has served vital purposes well for nearly eighty years. And its greatest test is ahead.