Sir Keir Starmer can organise such a right-wing spectacle amid an escalating strike wave is due to the prostration of the Labour “left”, which is in a state of collapse.
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves On 25 July Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that Labour would not advocate nationalising rail, energy or water in the next election, on the grounds that this would be incompatible with new “fiscal rules” to “restrain public spending”.
A row over Labour's position on Wednesday's rail strikes has broken out as some in the party think MPs should be allowed on picket lines to call for pay rises to come in line with inflation despite Sir Keir Starmer forbidding both.