That Starmer fella...

Interesting to read some contemporary reporting:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/politics/1997/jan/21/economy.uk

Gordon Brown the self described 'Iron Chancellor'

'the burial of Labour's traditional tax and spend '

Brown setting himself 'masochistic targets' and going big on 'I will not make promises that I don't know I'll be in a position to deliver'

And even a leftwing MP saying

To say 'vote Labour and there will be no change' is hardly an election winning slogan.