The problem for Keir Starmer’s Labour is that no one knows what it stands for

The party is struggling against the Conservatives because it has no clear narrative, vision or coherent policy offer.

Last week four Labour MPs did something we’ve become unused to, both because of the pandemic and the style of the Starmer leadership. They set the agenda by taking direct action.

Nadia Whittome, Zarah Sultana, Bell Ribeiro-Addy and Apsana Begum stood together and addressed an unapproved demo against the new policing bill. The photo of them – four women of colour standing in front of an angry crowd and representing the Labour Party – trended on social media not only in the UK but in the US and Australia.