douglas: "Just admit to the current shambles before turning your intellect to the opposition and please, please refrain from crowbarring the former leader into any reply. " gladly, it has bee a shambles but these are difficult times, I doubt any inhabitant of no 10 would have done any better or any different. The people know that, we'll still win hands down in 2024 and probably 2029. Real Labour last won an election in 1974, they'll need more than a slogan if they are ever to generate the 4th Labour leader in history to get the keys to no 10. despite all that's happened EC are still predicting a Tory majority if the election were held now:
https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/homepage.html
Labour and their supporters should wake up and start making themselves electable rather than poking a government navigating an unprecedented crisis. The goal is open, try scoring.