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The two leaders starkly contrast in their treatment of Rebecca Long-Bailey and Robert Jenrick
It was quite the contrast. At the first hint of antisemitism within the Labour party, Keir Starmer unceremoniously sacked Rebecca Long-Bailey as shadow education secretary. No ifs, no buts, no special pleadings, no final warnings. A party leader determined to put the equivocation of the Corbyn era behind him and taking decisive action when required. It was all rather old-school politics.
Then there was the moral vacuum that passes for the current Conservative party. Having already crossed every red line in a desperate attempt to hang on to Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson is now extending the same largesse to his housing secretary. If Robert Jenrick had a hint of decency he would long since have resigned. If Boris had a hint of decency he would have sacked him. But the Tories are now so compromised they just dig in and hope the country has a short memory. They may be disappointed in that. Continue reading...