A “sober” and “serious” leader is what the country needs right now, Labour’s Pat McFadden said.

Responding to claims that Sir Keir Starmer is “robotic” during a Sky News debate last night, Mr McFadden argued the Labour leader is not trying to be in the entertainment business.

The party’s national campaign co-ordinator told GB News: “I think after the chaos that we have had over the past few years – five prime ministers, seven chancellors, all the changes in policy, the mad mini budget that we had that put up everybody’s mortgages – a sober, serious leader is exactly what the country needs right now.

“I don’t think he’s trying to be in the entertainment business, he’s trying to be a sober, serious leader, and that’s what he’ll be if he’s elected on the fourth of July.”