I have no ideological aversion to defences of Liz Truss. We all have our foibles, after all. But the one argument I won't accept is that, in going gung-ho for growth, she at least identified the right problem. I mean, pointing out that the British economy has been in a decade-and-a-half-long torpor and suggesting we ought to fix it ≠ penetrating analysis or a programme for government.
Keir Starmer, for his part, has spent much of the last four years trying to convince voters, in words and deeds, that he is not Jeremy Corbyn. And despite twice inviting voters to make the man prime minister, this has been a largely successful endeavour. Which is why the recent leader Starmer most reminds me of is not his predecessor, but Truss.
