Don’t like Keir Starmer? Just see what comes next

Joseph Dinnage has a nicely depressing CAPX piece on the D-Team queuing up to take Keir Starmer's place. The title says it all, but the whole piece is well worth reading as a powerful antidote to cheerfulness.


Don’t like Keir Starmer? Just see what comes next

• After years of socialism under Miliband or Rayner, Britons will be screaming for fiscal conservatism
• If the Prime Minister resigns, who will win the race for economic credibility?
• As the public reckon with yet more spending and taxation, the more attuned they'll be to economic reality

Keir Starmer’s hands were shaking as he stood at the despatch box at this week’s PMQs, and who can blame him? Starmer knows the scandal over his appointment of Peter Mandelson as Ambassador to the United States could be his last as Prime Minister...

So when Starmer’s time comes, who might succeed him, and what could this mean for those of us forced to suffer their reign?

The bookies have Angela Rayner, Wes Streeting and Ed Miliband as the most likely to take over.

Oh well - Mrs H and I are off out for a coffee. Possibly a cake too as these are wild times.

Who will win the race for economic credibility? One thing is certain: if Starmer resigns over his former ambassador’s questionable ties, the chances are that whomever takes over will be even worse. And as the public reckon with the misery of a socialist economy, the more attuned they’ll become to the realities of regulatory creep, high taxation and unaffordable public spending. Any party with the guts to stand for the opposite will be on to a winner.