Inside Politics: Keir Starmer to face Labour MPs over Rebecca Long Bailey sacking

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The heat seems to be getting to us. Chaotic scenes on the crowded beaches of the Jurassic coast – anti-social behaviour and drunken fights – have sparked fears the British public cannot be trusted to observe social distancing. Health secretary Matt Hancock has threatened to close Britain’s beaches if sunbathers don’t follow the rules this sweltering summer. By contrast, things have turned seriously frosty in Labourland, after ice-cool Keir Starmer sacked Rebecca Long Bailey for sharing The Independent’s interview with actress Maxine Peake. Has the left gone cold on Keir? I’m Adam Forrest, and welcome to the daily Inside Politics briefing.

Inside the bubble

Our political editor Andrew Woodcock on what to look out for today: