The possible expulsion of a ‘harmless’ activist for a two-year-old tweet may look intolerant, but Keir Starmer’s fixers are determined to stamp out mistakes
“Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake” is the old adage that Labour strategists often quoted with a wink as the Conservative party tore itself apart under Boris Johnson.
But two Tory leaders later, the party knows it needs to do much more to secure a decisive victory than simply ride into power on the coattails of apathy.