Keir Starmer’s ‘vision statement’, delivered this week, was anything but that

Two months into office as prime minister Keir Starmer is claiming that we should anticipate ‘more pain’ under his leadership. That’s unsurprising. So far, he has provided no clue as to what he will ‘change’, despite that being the theme of his election campaign. Instead, he says he will struggle to deliver what the Tories promised. As early admissions of failure go, that is spectacular.