government focused on delivery. It’s going to take time for all of us to make the adjustment. Except, time is the one thing Keir Starmer is not going to allow his new cabinet. He knows that the only way to win over those who didn’t vote for him last Thursday is to make an immediate difference. These days even a landslide majority is no guarantee of a second term.
After a half hearted “how does it feel to be called secretary of state?” – no need to answer, Jonny – Phillips cut to the chase. Tony Blair had written a 1,500-word agony auntKeir Starmer was once my apprentice – and this is how I think he might fare as prime minister | Geoffrey RobertsonAlmost as if the former prime minister was a bit narked that someone had got a majority to match his own. Bitter, moi? Perish the thought. Tone had suggested introducing electronic ID cards.
Then to the election itself. How could Labour say it had a mandate when it had only won about 35% of the vote? Both Phillips and Kuenssberg said this as if it was somehow Labour’s fault rather than a consequence of the first-past-the-post system. As if Starmer was personally at fault for having adopted a strategy of trying to win as many seats as possible.