Complacency is the danger for Labour, says paulhutcheon - such as the belief Tory incompetence and SNP division will be enough to propel Starmer into Downing Street.
Keir Starmer’s Scottish Labour conference speech was delivered in some of the most favourable circumstances for his party since the last time they were in Government.
One poll had Labour two points behind the SNP, compared to the 2019 hammering when the gulf was over 25 percentage points. Starmer’s speech, like the address of Anas Sarwar on Friday, explicitly addressed SNP voters by trying to tap into their desire for change.But senior insiders still believe the turnaround is based more on the weakness of opponents than the strength of Starmer’s message.
Starmer has neutralised weakness - he clamped down on anti-semitism and has been strong on defence policy - but his party remains policy-light.
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