In praise of Labour’s coronavirus response

It is not often these days that one gets a chance to praise the Labour party. Even with Jeremy Corbyn soon on his way out, the party has learned nothing from its election drubbing and seems determined instead to make the same mistakes. But it has, somewhat remarkably perhaps, covered itself in glory this week. And it would be wrong to pass up the opportunity to praise Corbyn for the way his party has so far responded to the coronavirus outbreak.

Perhaps you have not noticed how they have reacted to the crisis? In which case, that in itself speaks volumes. Because you will no doubt have seen the way Piers Morgan has responded with a series of ‘do something’ rants on social media. Or seen how Rory Stewart has set himself up to be amateur polymath of the year, garnering huge rolling coverage for his frankly comic London mayoral campaign.

Arguably, Morgan has turned himself into the real Leader of the Opposition in some people’s eyes through his hyperbolic utterances to his audience of seven million Twitter followers.