What exactly do you people want? Sir Keir Starmer has to contend with a progressive Left who call him a traitor and a Right who claim he is an insubstantial opportunist — but he’ll still skip into the general election with a mighty 20-point lead in the polls. Similarly, he faces demands to define his plan to deliver Britain from the mess bequeathed by five successive Tory leaders at the same time our expectations of politicians have sunk to a historic low.
Last week the Oxford Union debated the motion, “This House does not know what Labour stands for”. Theo Adler-Williams, the union’s chief-of-staff, said: “Labour is better than this, the electorate deserved better than being offered no substance.” Are they? And do we? If Starmer did stand for anything he’d probably lose.
