Keir Starmer took over as leader of the Labour Party on 4 April, when the coronavirus outbreak in Britain was at its worst. The number of deaths peaked four days later. So his acceptance speech was a sombre affair, promising to “engage constructively with the government”.
He wouldn’t offer “opposition for opposition’s sake”, he said, “but we will test the arguments that are put forward”; he would “challenge” the government if it made mistakes or if things were “not happening as quickly as they should”.
It was a fine example of the adage that you should ignore everything before the “but”. […]
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