The ‘no complacency’ talk will continue, but Labour must now surely feel like it has turned a corner
At the packed party for Frances O’Grady’s retirement as TUC general secretary, an among-friends Keir Starmer allowed himself to show a little bit more excitement.
Labour spinners will brief fiercely about how the party is showing no complacency and there have been warnings from the shadow cabinet that its poll lead is soft. But Starmer showed in a relaxed speech at the gathering, packed with the left’s great and good, that he was starting to really believe.
