Mr Starmer, when did you abandon reason for madness?
In March, I asked what was the point of the Labour government , whose current predicament is - I argued - a product of its own making. A few weeks - and a devastating set of local election results later - it seems like Labour has finally found its purpose. Is it tackling poverty? No. Is it perhaps a new focus on the NHS? No. What about inequality, then? No. Social justice? Erm, no, It's immigration. The Prime Minister has made a huge announcement that he is determined to drive down net immigration. Apparently, this is the hill he wants to die on - and die on it he will. This approach will only help Reform, who want nothing better than to talk about immigration at every opportunity, irrespective of facts. Why Labour wants to play into their hands I've no idea. Clearly they have learned nothing from the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, in which Labour's candidate attempted to out-Reform Reform when she called for an "asylum-seeker hotel" to be closed . How well did ...
