Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer delivers a speech during the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) annual conference at the Vox Conference Centre in Birmingham. Picture date: Tuesday November 22, 2022 (Jacob King/PA)
(Picture: PA Wire)It’s a weird experience being a Labour supporter right now. Everything appears to be going well. Suspiciously so. Those big poll leads are holding up. The arrival of Rishi Sunak hasn’t created the dent many feared. The Autumn Statement only highlighted how much poorer middle and lower income families will be for the foreseeable future, and reminded people of those 50 days of mayhem under Liz Truss.
Tory MPs can see the writing on the wall. Many are sounding out head-hunters and looking for escape routes from politics. Just yesterday two relatively young MPs, Chloe Smith and William Wragg, announced they would stand down at the next election. Meanwhile, Labour is attracting top-flight candidates like economist and broadcaster Miatta Fahnbulleh and barrister Sarah Sackman, who have just been selected in Camberwell & Peckham and Finchley & Golders Green respectively.
