I've got a confession to make. I buy the Daily Telegraph on a Saturday. It's good for sport and gardening tips. It also means I glance at the letters, editorial and Comment articles. They usually make pretty grim reading! The Editorial yesterday caught my eye. It's title was: Boris Johnson Must Take Back Control The editorial meandered through the Hancock affair (before he had actually resigned). It didn't call for his resignation but rather went on about how the impression might be created that the government was lacking in any moral authority and that might catch up with those old Etonians and that wouldn't be good for anyone! The piece finished:
"The Government, and Boris Johnson personally, retain the goodwill of the public to a striking degree. The Labour Party is still incapable of providing any meaningful opposition. Yet in politics, perceptions can shift quickly. The Prime Minister needs to take back control of the narrative, or the Government will be associated not just with with sleaze, but with a reputation for indecision and drift it will struggle to shake off"
Mmmm. Sounds to me like the Telegraph editorial writers are a bit worried. It's up to progressives to rise to the occasion. I don't think the Labour Party is incapable of providing meaningful opposition. But the opposition would be even more powerful if it was united - particularly in places like Hexham Constituency. How are we going to do that?
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