There is a complacency at the heart of Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour which suggests that for all the destruction at last week’s local elections the party may not even have reached rock bottom yet. Too much of the inquest since last week has centred on what Starmer and Labour should do to look good. Out went Deputy leader Angela Rayner, Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds and Chief Whip Nick Brown in this week’s reshuffle. Only for none of the replacements to include someone with the relevant lived experience to connect with Britain’s black and brown contingent. All too often Labour has been sucked into culture wars when it could have established a culture of winning.

Source: Daily Mirror May 10, 2021 19:42 UTC