Damien

Labour keeps making self-inflicted mistakes, like Johnson in that way with the wallpaper. There is no reason for Starmer to get clothes, glasses and football tickets donated. I understand with football that he can no longer go to the stands so I don't care as much about that, especially if he is invited into a box as Sunak was, but he needs to cut out the rest of it.

They also didn't need to spend as much political capital on the winter fuel allowance. Say you're delaying it a year and tie it to the tax bands so it doesn't go to anyone paying 40%.

I don't think it's at the level of the Tories yet. That will come if they start giving out government contracts as dodgy as the PPE ones.

It's still early and they've had very little Parliamentary time so the jury is still out on what they will do. I think they need to signal some hope in the next budget now though, it can't be all doom and gloom. They'll be judged on the NHS, housing, crime and the economy. The problem is you need money to do the first three and not investing in anything won't help the economy either.