Sir Keir Starmer’s challenge today can be best summed up by the following tortured football analogy.
The other team have not only left the goal wide open, but the goalkeeper has also wandered off the pitch.
The strikers are repeatedly kicking themselves in the face.
The other players have either turned on each other, collapsed, or abandoned the game entirely.
Parts of the pitch are on fire.
All Sir Keir has to do is calmly take the ball and walk it over the line.
It should be an easy win, even for a leader whose party has often questioned his ability to make an impact on the electorate, fearing his cautious approach just doesn’t cut through.
In normal times this might have held him back, but these are far from normal times.
The Conservatives have done a lot of the work for him.
Under Boris Johnson, they forfeited much of their moral authority – and in a matter of days under Liz Truss, the party’s economic credibility hangs in the balance.
In his conference address, there doesn’t need to be sparkling oratory or groundbreaking policy ideas.
He simply needs to present a credible alternative to a government in crisis.
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Source:Skynews