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jj72-
Sadly this is actually the opposite of a joke party. Getting everyone working in the same direction is one element of what you have to do to to win.
The question in my mind is what, is the unifying vision they plan to use to motivate people? (the carrot if you want). Blair was strong on creating a positive message to rally folk behind. What is Starmer's?
hugo7
EVERYTHING to do with it. Sam would never have put himself in a position where he was making unauthorised TV interviews, announcing policy on the fly, breaking a moratorium on appearing on a picket line, promoting himself to shad secretary of state (etc) if he weren't trying to get himself fired. And he wouldn't be trying to get himself fired if he wasn't facing deselection after having benefited from the Jas Athwal stitchup.
But having done those things any leader would've fired him, irrespective of his reasoning, or been perceived as being utterly without authority.