Rally the left in Labour!
In early September a couple of opinion polls showed Labour level with the Tories or slightly ahead. That is better than in June, when the Tories had a poll lead of 10% of more, but poor when the Tories are setting records for U-turns, scandals, fumbles, and looming cuts. Keir Starmer’s “personal approval” ratings, good until late 2020, are still wretched. Back in early 2020 Starmer made ten pledges . They included taxing the rich, ending the Tory sanctions regime on benefits, abolishing tuition fees, “common ownership of rail, mail, energy and water; end outsourcing in our NHS, local...