Starmer’s team seen as ‘tired, same-again politicians’, says Labour peer

The Labour peer Charlie Falconer: ‘This is a reforming and progressive government … yet our popularity ratings are falling through the floor.’ Photograph: Suki Dhanda/The Observer

Keir Starmer’s government is seen as “a tired bunch of same-again politicians” and must rediscover a reforming zeal and energy, the former UK justice secretary Charlie Falconer has said.

The Labour peer, who held a number of senior positions under Tony Blair, said the government “lacked a sense of energy”, and that this was even more important to restore than to pursue any search for a wider narrative or story – one of the most common criticisms of the government.