>> I think it is even more worrying for Labour. They are not seen as an
>> alternative government.
As a supporter and party member I'd agree with that in broad terms.
Another key pitch in the Liberal's 60 year old by-election plan is to encourage tactical voting and, in a seat that Labour couldn't get near even in 97 that was going to be massive this time.
The big challenge for Kier Starmer is to create a platform that makes Labour look electable. Having made the mistake of allowing Corbyn, albeit I regard him as a decent honourable man, to be nominated for, and subsequently win, the leadership that's a big mountain.
He should have set course on that track as soon as he was elected but Covid, the biggest challenge since WW2, put the brakes on that.
I'm now getting loads of stuff about a policy forum, on which Anniliese Dodds is leading.
Starmer can now get out on the stump and make an image for himself as a real alternative PM.
My hope is that Boris's teflon coating will wear off and that his repeat offending will catch up with him. Talk of him as a three term PM in the model of Thatcher, or even MacMillan is (IMHO) widely misplaced. His clay feet WILL show.
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