Starmer's boringness is not a bug: it's a feature. Those puzzled by Labour's giant poll lead thinking it odd that Starmer is ahead despite being so unexciting fail to realise that Starmer is ahead because he is unexciting.
To be sure, the caution, the silences on whole areas of policy, may exact a price further down the road we'll come to that but for now, it's working.
Labour's fate under its previous leader is crucial to understanding the current strategy. The party certainly made promises that ticked the boxes Labour's left critics urge Starmer to tick now: bold, radical, exciting. But they did not reassure voters that Labour would manage the economy properly. They did not inspire trust.
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