Exeter's Labour leader said the prospect of having Andy Burnham as the new party leader had put a 'spring in his step'. But, he added: "I have nothing but admiration for Sir Keir Starmer." Torbay Liberal Democrat MP Steve Darling, meanwhile, said the departing Prime Minister could have connected better with the voting public if he had shown more emotion. • Hunt for driver after biker seriously hurt in crash near Exeter "Sometimes we need more of Captain Kirk than of Spock in politics," he said.