The Lib Dems, rather than Labour, are the party expected to win the Tiverton & Honiton by-election. So disaffection for the Tories shouldn't necessarily be seen as automatically fuelling Labour's fire.
And Things are getting better .
Sajid Javid says the threshold to trigger a leadership vote in Boris has been reached.
..........Things can only get better........
The only horse galloping into No 10 will be one ridden by the Davey/Starmer partnership (assuming Durham police bottle it) one facing sideways and the other backwards.
Hmmm.... since his successor - if there is one - isn't going to have to deal with the worst of Covid and Brexit, he'll have a far easier ride and therefore your yardstick will never be accurate.