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I remember a couple of months ago Lisa Nandy being on the Today programme to talk about something which had very little to do with patriotism, but nevertheless kept on coming back to a pre-prepared line about not being ashamed to love Britain. It was embarrassing, because she's a good MP who managed to get re-elected in a heavily Leave northern town, and so she can obvious campaign well without the stuff that just sounds completely hollow.
Anyway.
I think that Keir Starmer has not actually had a fair shot yet, and while he has probably had more misses than hits so far, it's not a time that you can fairly judge a leader of the Opposition. It's very risky heavily criticising government policy during a prolonged emergency, and politicising Covid while it's still going on would have been dodgy.
Now we seem to be emerging it's the time to offer a convincing alternative and to keep a very close eye on the Tories' plan for recovery. I'm still relatively optimistic that the last year or so has damaged and shaken Johnson, and that he can't really be arsed with the hassle of being a Prime Minister.