Election campaigns are full of “moments”. Some are unscripted and unforeseeable, such as a Tory Prime Minister who is facing a populist threat to his Right, volunteering to leave D-Day commemorations early in order to do a pre-recorded interview. Others, such as Labour’s manifesto launch, are more expected.
Torn between a desire to change the country and not wanting to hand his opponents any ammunition with which to attack him, Sir Keir Starmer set out his stall for government. The priority was restated — that Labour wants to get the economy growing again. But so did Liz Truss. The question, as ever, is how?
