You gotta give them hope: so declared Harvey Milk, the San Francisco city supervisor and gay rights campaigner. And it is so, especially in the case of progressive politicians. Hope is the bedrock of what they offer.
On Thursday, Sir Keir Starmer’s promise that he will deliver the country from the cold embrace of this dying government faces its latest test. It is essential for the momentum he is building that the Conservatives lose in all three by-elections that day.
