Keir Starmer needs more ammunition in his campaign arsenal than simply being a fresher alternative to exhausted and fractious rivals
The joint mission of Labour and Democrats is clear enough, but the means and the message remain elusive are two different characters united by a common hope. A newcomer to high politics and a stolid veteran both hope to be elected by the end of 2024.
This complicates the Starmer-Rachel Reeves message that Britain is in such a dire state that it needs emergency political surgery – Starmer’s take on the Budget was that of “the last desperate act of a party that has failed”, which was resonant. Labour’s proposed remedies are sparse, and the reluctance to depart from Tory spending plans creates little option for campaigning in poetry, let alone governing more radical prose.
and boosted morale on his own side. It did, however, raise the question of why right-of-centre voters would vote for him. Donald Trump seized on the speech as “horrible and divisive”.
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