“We were wise indeed, could we discern truly the signs of our own times.” Thomas Carlyle 1829
On 5 July, in his first speech as prime minister, Keir Starmer called for “a rediscovery of who we are” as a country. A couple of weeks later, he attended the New Statesman’s summer reception. He warned those of us present that if Labour fails to deliver, the growth of national populism on the continent “could happen here”. Labour’s enemy is populism and its intention in government is to defeat it.
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