I’m sure there used to be a festive statute of limitations; a point in the year when it was no longer classy to launch into one’s political opponents. Even at the height of Corbyn-phobia – when the guy couldn’t walk down the street without someone finding the colour of his socks disrespectful to the queen – he caught a break just before Christmas.
Not so Keir Starmer, who is under attack on two flanks. Jordan Peterson, the Canadian philosopher-king spinning life lessons out of pure gold such as “be a man” and “sit up straight”, warned in an interview with the Daily Telegraph that, should the UK elect a Labour government, “you’re gonna be Venezuela for 20 years”.
