This week Labour members received their ballots to vote in the leadership contest. They have until 2 April to cast their vote but all the polling suggests it’s a done deal. After a YouGov/Sky News LabourList poll this week predicted Sir Keir Starmer to win in the first round with more than 50 per cent of the vote, a Survation/LabourList survey puts Starmer on 45 per cent – his closest rival Rebecca Long Bailey is on 34 per cent. That survey also found that respondents believe Starmer as leader will position the party ‘further to the centre’.
With all the signs so far pointing to a Starmer victory, conversation both in the parliamentary Labour party and the membership has turned to what Starmer will actually do as Labour leader. As I say in this week’s magazine, throughout the campaign, Starmer has been at pains not to say. He has instead attempted a balancing act to unite both sides of the party.
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