Here's Andy Beckett developing a theme from yesterday's time-line; how much of Labour's current polling malaise is down to Keir Starmer's preference for technocratic competence (although there are some doubts about whether he has actually demonstrated competence) over being a political communicator.

Beckett's argument about voters wanting to be engaged in a political conversation is an interesting angle... but where does this 'conversation' take place?

#politics
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/30/how-we-entered-the-new-age-of-political-rhetoric-and-why-its-bad-news-for-keir-starmer