As the UK's Labour Party enters a potentially existential leadership crisis, Catherine Viette is pleased to welcome Matthew Torbitt, political commentator and former Labour Party advisor. Torbitt argues that Starmer can probably survive in the short term because Labour’s internal rules make leadership coups difficult. Unlike the Conservatives, Labour “don’t tend to dispose of leaders, particularly in government,” and any challenge would require “81 MPs backing a single candidate.” That means dissatisfaction alone is not enough.

Water Minister Matthew Samuda says full restoration can be expected by Tuesday for the 2,000 National Water Commission (NWC) customers still without service following Friday’s island-wide blackout. The minister told Observer Online in an interview on Monday that, as of 8pm Sunday, only one system in Manchester and two plants in St Elizabeth remained offline following the power outage. “Those are the only systems that were still out because of JPS (Jamaica Public Service).