LORD ASHCROFT: As Labour limps to the end of its first year in office, the marks are in and the verdict is brutal. A series of U-turns has only added to the sense of incoherence and confusion.
Voters have been wondering what it was about Reform's surge in local elections that prompted Starmer to tighten his immigration policy and row back the winter fuel allowance cuts.
On Keir Starmer's first day in Downing Street as Prime Minister in July last year, one of his aides put all of next season's fixtures of his beloved Arsenal football club into his diary.
After an unhappy start in Downing Street , a view is gaining ground that the Prime Minister has finally found his feet. It is an opinion that many voters share, whatever their party.
When asked where Sir Keir Starmer would holiday, a recent focus group said Mauritius or the Maldives, or a yacht in the Caribbean as Labour already feels out of touch to many voters.
The Education Secretary claims to be a fan of academies, but doesn't understand the first thing about them. She wants to wallow in their success while ruining what has made them so successful.