Labour holds its annual conference this weekend but Covid-19 restrictions mean the event will be very different to previous years, with the keynote speeches being delivered virtually.
Whatever the medium used, the party has an important message to deliver. After last year’s bruising election result the building blocks for recovery are being put in place.
Keir Starmer has made an excellent start, regularly besting Boris Johnson at Prime Minister’s questions as he holds the Government to account for its multiple failings.
Yet the Labour leader knows there is more to do to win back the trust of voters.
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In her interview with the Mirror today, Lisa Nandy, the Shadow Foreign Secretary, speaks sense when she says her party needs to be more rooted in local communities.
She is also right to point out it is Labour which is best placed to unite a country licking the wounds of Brexit and ravaged by Covid.
Labour is looking to take the country forward and, unlike Mr Johnson, not seeking to fight the wars of the past.
PM is 2nd rate
The R rate of infection is now above one across the UK, meaning the virus is no longer under control.
According to the Office for National Statistics, new cases could be hitting 6,000 a day.
You would think such a grave situation would prompt the Government to come forward with a coherent plan of action.
Yet there has not been a meeting of the emergency Cobra committee since May.
This is a time which calls for leadership, not for Boris Johnson to go absent without leave.
Fur ban hope
The Mirror’s demand for a fur free Britain has moved a step closer after ministers pledged to consult on bringing in a ban.
Let’s hope this vile trade is soon outlawed once and for all.
