When commentators talked about Keir Starmer in the run-up to the last election in Britain, they often referred to the “ming vase” strategy.
The Labour leader, it was said, was carrying a priceless object across a really slippery floor. He had to be ultra cautious in order to get it safely to the other side. Look at him now. Still carrying the vase, but up to his knees in quicksand. Seems like it’ll be a miracle if he doesn’t drown the thing – and himself with it.
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