There are certain lines to take and positions to hold that work in opposition. Shadow Chancellors, for example, can call for more spending and lower taxes, knowing full well that such a plan is unfeasible. In Government, however, others – whether it be the bond markets or foreign actors – are listening a little more closely.
That is the trap into which the Labour Party has fallen in recent days. Sir Keir Starmer has been accused by Donald Trump of interfering in the US Presidential election, after it emerged that Labour staffers were organising a mass visit to America in order to campaign for Kamala Harris.
