Opinion: Labour’s New Focus on ‘Competence’ Will Find Its Limits Once the Economic Downturn Hits
by Oliver Eagleton
Against the initial wave of the pandemic, Keir Starmer has capitalised on popular frustration with the Tories' handling of the public health crisis. Yet as the national conversation pivots to the economic downturn, the Labour leader will struggle without economic propositions of his own, writes Oliver Eagleton.