I wasn't being entirely unsarcastic there if it wasn't clear. But Starmer needs to avoid spooking Middle England and while you might regard some of things they want as radical (is not dying a fiery death really that radical? Or not pumping our rivers full of poo?) I don't think they want a radical leader, especially right now after so much instability. Starmer needs to avoid creating Mail fodder or setting the ducks running or whatever the phrase is. Britain is not lfgss or even London.
Middle England is Labour/Lib now; Oxfordshire has no Tory MPs for first time since the 1700s and my home town Aylesbury in Bucks just elected first ever woman and first ever Labour candidate as MP
I saw someone claiming yesterday that you could walk from Lowestoft to Lands End without entering a Conservative held constituency. I don't think that' true, as you can't get through Devon without crossing one, but it's still pretty phenomenal.
I wasn't being entirely unsarcastic there if it wasn't clear. But Starmer needs to avoid spooking Middle England and while you might regard some of things they want as radical (is not dying a fiery death really that radical? Or not pumping our rivers full of poo?) I don't think they want a radical leader, especially right now after so much instability. Starmer needs to avoid creating Mail fodder or setting the ducks running or whatever the phrase is. Britain is not lfgss or even London.