As I listen to the book I am wondering whether at some point you will have to write a chapter on America, the latest confirmed member of the club. I earnestly hope not.

This is a matter of electoral psychology and Labour should be more self aware. Blair got into power by micromanaging the media, and in govt had to publicly row back. Starmer got power by offering economic credibility as change. But there are other tunes equally necessary to the UK.

I love the vision. The corps du ballet always demanded a stage full of barely distinguishable dancers sharing a rare collection of body attributes -excluding almost all hopefuls regardless of talent. It's almost set up to exclude diversity, and I dont know how you address that problem.x