THINGS were going so well for Sir Keir Starmer and Labour.
The Tories’ self-implosion showed, as if the country needed reminding, that they were no longer economically responsible. Lord Jim O’Neill, himself a former minister in David Cameron’s government, led a review that was quite unlike usual Labour pleas to be taken seriously where business is concerned. Rachel Reeves, the Shadow Chancellor, who commissioned O’Neill’s study, gathered with Starmer, 350 business leaders in Canary Wharf for the unveiling of his report.
