Even before Rosie Duffield’s flaming resignation letter, the Labour “freebies” row was running out of control. So what, you ask? Here’s what: if ever there was a moment which opened the door to the swamping of the old party system, possibly by Reform in five years’ time, this is it.
Keir Starmer and his top team are furious about the false equivalence with Boris Johnson and the vengefulness of a media they have spent so long on their knees offering bouquets to. So too are they angry about the deep intrusion into a family who never asked to stand on a public balcony.
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