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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
John Crace

Another reset? Has Labour lost its marbles like the Tories?

Kyriakos Mitsotakis stands next to Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street, in front of the Greek flag and the Union Jack, flanked by landscape paintings and side tables with lamps and ornaments
Keir Starmer, pictured with the Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, could be moving towards a resolution about the Parthenon marbles, and has promised ‘measurable milestones’ for Britain. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

There must be something in the water. It’s normally in early January that people start to think of giving themselves a makeover. New year! New you! That kind of nonsense. But this year, everyone appears to be getting ahead of the game and relaunching themselves in December. Even Gregg Wallace, who is going out of his way to portray himself as a creepy misogynist. Just to eliminate any room for doubt.

Maybe it’s just that everyone has already had enough of 2024. It’s gone on far too long and has all been a bit underwhelming. Few things have quite worked out as anyone had hoped. Westminster itself is limping on to Christmas. While Jess Phillips was introducing a stalking bill, all the Tories really wanted to talk about was Labour giving back the Parthenon sculptures. Which they haven’t even said they are going to do.

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