Keir had his holiday ruined so he’s ruined ours – by telling us everything’s hopeless | John Crace

Keir had his holiday ruined so he’s ruined ours – by telling us everything’s hopeless | John Crace

When you’re told the country’s dying on its feet, it helps when the messenger has the demeanour of an undertaker

Nothing screams the end of summer more than a prime minister giving a speech marked “state of the nation”. Especially when that speech could just as well have been made a week later. Give us all a chance to enjoy the start of the Paralympics. Feel the last warmth of a cooling sun. Not think about how hopelessly shit everything is for a few more days. We could all have done with more of a break. Maybe it was revenge. Keir Starmer had his holiday ruined so he was determined to ruin ours.

It wasn’t as if Starmer had anything new to say. He’s spent much of the past seven weeks telling us all that things are even worse than he had imagined and Tuesday’s speech was basically more of the same. By now we have all lost count of the number of black holes he has found in the country’s finances.

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