Starmer's glass jaw

As I write in the Guardian today, Labour made big promises on cleaning up politics. It must fulfil them or risk real damage and an irretrievable breach of public trust

“Labour will end the chaos of sleaze,” the party’s election-winning manifesto thundered. The nation, Keir Starmer promised, would “turn the page” after years of Conservative scandal.

Yet, after less than three months in office, the prime minister is facing a slew of cronyism allegations of his own. A former banker was briefly appointed to the Treasury af…