The Unions Have Declared War On Keir Starmer
Those close to Starmer tried to portray his order to the front benches not to join the striking workers on the picket line as a sign of the leader’s courage and strength. If observers disagreed, there was a danger that an alternative interpretation would be given to this radical departure from Labor tradition, namely that Starmer had miscalculated. That being the case, the old, familiar criticism that he is something of a political naïve, that he spent too long as a lawyer and did not have enough time in the Commons before being elected leader, will be resurrected and debated....