This is essentially the bet Sir Keir Starmer made last year by concentrating his efforts on lambasting the government for incompetence. Not least because Sir Keir has made it one of his priorities to woo back these voters. “If not Keir, who?” asks one member of the shadow cabinet. One former Labour cabinet minister, who was incredibly pleased when Sir Keir won the leadership, now confesses to some disappointment: “There is no sense yet of a coherent political project. “Have we got anything in our locker when people move on and are interested in other things again?” asks one Starmer-loyal member of the shadow cabinet.

Source: The Guardian May 09, 2021 07:30 UTC