Simon Walters says Labour MPs queuing up to praise Starmer remind him of the famous scene in Monty Python’s Life of Brian about what the Romans have actually achieved L istening to a Labour MP reacting to news of Keir Starmer’s resignation , I was reminded of Monty Python’s Life of Brian . The MP was one of the scores of Labour backbenchers who had called for Starmer to step down. For weeks they had listed all the political and personal reasons they thought he was unfit to be prime minister.