If I understand Rafael Behr’s article correctly, Keir Starmer’s message is that “things may be bad, but trust me – I won’t do anything to make things worse” (Keir Starmer’s caution may be frustrating, but it’s right. Voters no longer trust big promises, 13 September).
“We are a safe pair of hands to run the economy” might appeal to that group of voters who are fed up with the Tory mismanagement of everything, but it offers little hope to those who are oppressed by the wrongs of society. I don’t think the message that we will do something to right the wrongs you are suffering if and when the economy improves has much appeal to those who are already struggling. Continuing this government’s policy of punching down, justifying public sector cuts to balance the books, simply alienates those on the margins.
