Analysis: Keir Starmer Suffers Day From Hell As His Government's Woes Continue

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68f8f1af1800005a54e8ef02.jpg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street for PMQs." data-caption="Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street for PMQs." data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="CHRIS J RATCLIFFE via AFP via Getty Images" />Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street for PMQs.</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/keir-starmer/">Keir Starmer </a>has endured many miserable days since becoming prime minister on July 5 last year. But this may be his worst one yet.</p><p>The PM endured a triple whammy of bad news as the dark clouds over his government show no sign of clearing.</p><p>Shortly after a difficult session of prime minister’s questions, it was announced that Jim Gamble, the last remaining candidate to chair the government’s <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/grooming-gangs/">grooming gangs </a>inquiry, had withdrawn from the process.</p><p>In a letter to home secretary Shabana Mahmood, the former police officer said he did not have the confidence of some abuse survivors, and was therefore unsuitable for the role.</p><p>It comes after four members of the the inquiry’s victims and survivors panel stood down, citing concerns about a “toxic environment”. </p><p>Gamble appeared to take a swipe at <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/kemi-badenoch/">Kemi Badenoch</a>, who had focused on <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/labour-party/">Labour’s</a> inability to get the inquiry off the ground at PMQs.</p><p>He said: “Victims and survivors, who have been let down so often in the past, deserve better than to be used as leverage for short-term gain by anyo