Let's assume Sir Keir Starmer wants to win the next election. Let's also assume he has no desire to be replaced as PM in the next year or so by Wes Streeting or Angela Rayner or anyone else.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could one day genuinely praise Sir Keir Starmer. How I would love to say that, yes, for once our stodgy Prime Minister has shown a smidgen of vision and inspiration.
Will the history books conclude that this was the day when Sir Keir Starmer began to hand back the independence for which the British people voted nearly nine years ago?
Will the Conservatives survive as a major political force? I can hardly believe I have asked that question. They are the most successful party in human history.
Ignore the subsequent declarations of both sides that they are on the same page as far as Net Zero is concerned. They aren't. Sir Tony knew exactly what he was doing.
Sir Keir Starmer is an intelligent 62-year-old man who occupies the highest political office in the land. You would expect him to have a settled opinion on the great issues of our time.