It was the hope that killed him. Keir Starmer swept to power on a wave of optimism as fed-up voters kicked the Tories out after 14 years. But the landslide that delivered a near record Commons majority was the root of his undoing. Labour ’s election masterminds found a way to win by being everything to everyone. But once in power, Starmer struggled to hold this electoral coalition together and at times ended up pleasing no one. His Government made mistakes that led us to this moment. But deep