Is Keir Starmer rattled? Labour’s high command has been openly saying for some time now that they see Nigel Farage as their main enemy. The prime minister’s speech in St Helens on Thursday was only the latest salvo in what he sees as a presidential contest between him and the leader of Reform.
I have argued before that there are dangers for Starmer in being quite so explicit about the strategy. It makes it look as if he is “running scared”, as Farage says. It looks as if Farage is dictating the agenda.
