Never interrupt your enemy when he’s making a mistake. So said Napoleon (though you would never know he ever had an interesting thought, judging by the recent film). And so, Labour observes as Rishi Sunak plunges headlong into mammoth traps.
Neutralise your negatives is the other rule. Labour follows that to the letter – too much so, some complain. Traditionally less trusted on the economy, Labour puts fiscal rectitude first, strangling with bare hands any shadow minister tempted to spend an unlicensed farthing. Labour knows its old negatives all too well: spendthrift, tax-hiking, soft on crime and defence.
