Starmer must say what he’ll do in power – if he leaves a vacuum, the far right will fill it

‘If Keir Starmer and Labour fail to set out early on a path of radical change, inevitably disillusionment will set in.’ Photograph: Jacob King/PA

For nearly two years, polls have shown that people have had enough of the Tories. There’s a general feeling that after 14 years with the Conservatives in office, a change in the governing party is almost part of a natural cycle.

For this reason, we are facing a very strange and unprecedented election in 2024 in which the leader of the party the polls position as most likely to win is, so far, aiming to do so on the basis of what he’s not: providing very little, or any, detail on what he will do in office if he wins the election.