The situation has changed, so he’s changed his policies to match. Most people recognise that, which is why he’s gone from 20 points behind in the polls to 20 points ahead.
which is why he’s gone from 20 points behind in the polls to 20 points ahead.
Not entirly correct.
He made that gain entirly because of tory actions. Starmer has not won support. The tories have thrown it away. Nothing starter has done has had huge influence on voters.
He is at best seen as a less currupt continuation of the same politics.
Tortoise and hare. Tortoise did not win through his effort. Hare lost via his overconfidence.
Starmer is just a Tortoise who was lucky enough to be challenging a stupid hare.
Why reference a fable at all if you’re going to totally ignore it’s message?
The tories have been the same arrogant, entitled breed the whole time. Labour have still lost to them repeatedly so it seems weird to chalk it up to luck this time.
You’re partly right, of course. Everything is always down to multiple factors.
However, Starmer clearly deserves some credit for Labour’s success (and, I think, some credit for the Tories’ failures). It’s perfectly possible for the Tory vote share to fall and for Labour’s to fall, too, which we saw happen under Corbyn, or for the Tories to have an unpopular leader and to still win because the Labour leader makes themselves even more unpopular (as we also saw under Corbyn and Miliband). Those things aren’t happening now, so Starmer must be doing something right.
The situation has changed, so he’s changed his policies to match. Most people recognise that, which is why he’s gone from 20 points behind in the polls to 20 points ahead.
Not entirly correct.
He made that gain entirly because of tory actions. Starmer has not won support. The tories have thrown it away. Nothing starter has done has had huge influence on voters.
He is at best seen as a less currupt continuation of the same politics.
Tortoise and hare. Tortoise did not win through his effort. Hare lost via his overconfidence.
Starmer is just a Tortoise who was lucky enough to be challenging a stupid hare.
Why reference a fable at all if you’re going to totally ignore it’s message?
The tories have been the same arrogant, entitled breed the whole time. Labour have still lost to them repeatedly so it seems weird to chalk it up to luck this time.
You’re partly right, of course. Everything is always down to multiple factors.
However, Starmer clearly deserves some credit for Labour’s success (and, I think, some credit for the Tories’ failures). It’s perfectly possible for the Tory vote share to fall and for Labour’s to fall, too, which we saw happen under Corbyn, or for the Tories to have an unpopular leader and to still win because the Labour leader makes themselves even more unpopular (as we also saw under Corbyn and Miliband). Those things aren’t happening now, so Starmer must be doing something right.