[Sephiroth]

The only weapon Labour really have is the state of the UK - no better, even worse, than when Labour lost the 2010 election.

The public are fickle and would punish the Tories even if Starmer could be genuinely shown to them as a hypocrite (see the child abuse row for details).

But fickle now balances sense of fair play; Sunak is not despised, imo, by the public and indeed, anything can happen between now and Autumn 2024.