It takes a little effort now to recall the glad, confident morning of 5 July 2024, immediately after the general election, when the Labour Party was luxuriating in its landslide victory and Sir Keir Starmer – the most grown up of grown-ups in the room – seemed set to “end the chaos and confusion” that had disfigured of the final days of Tory rule.
Yet the record of the last week or so suggests that Labour is perfectly capable of generating its own style of chaos and confusion – and of emulating some of the worst of the Tories’ mistakes.
