Katy Balls
(Picture: Evening Standard)What’s the best thing to happen to Keir Starmer this year? No, not his recent trip to Mallorca — even if it was his first real holiday in “about three years”. Nor is it Boris Johnson’s departure — there are plenty in Labour who think it would be better for the party if he stayed in post. Instead, the most important political turning point can be traced back to May, when the Tories adopted a Labour policy and brought in the windfall tax.
The Conservatives had initially dismissed it as anti-business, before allies of the then chancellor Rishi Sunak heralded it as smart politics.
