our age it sjust absolutely for the birds and could only ever be said by somebody who has never faced any actual real challenge. i suppose one question is that for the labour party as the organisation, where it stands on this, some people will say that gareth southgate, the england manager, and footballers like marcus rashford and others have been more effective at speaking out, delivering a message about how a diverse, united britain can be both patriotic and also open to all races, all skin colours more effective delivering a message than your leader keir starmer. but why shouldn t they be? they are citizens of the united kingdom with huge platforms who have the will and support of the public behind them. why shouldn t they be better at doing it? it s not necessarily even a criticism of keir starmer that these brilliant and intelligent and