Labour’s decision on bankers’ bonuses confirms our worst fears

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Keir of the unknown: floating voters might stick with the Tory devil we know (Getty)

John Rentoul’s terse assessment of Labour’s reluctance (nay, refusal) to curb bankers’ bonuses pretty much confirmed the worst fears of many of us who suspected our hopes of a kinder, cleaner, more socially responsible government might be little more than froth on the wind.

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves don’t appear to be far removed from the lefty end of the Tory party, and if that continues to be the case they’ll find those of us teetering on the middle ground will stick with the Tory devil they know.

Starmer needs to give those “lost” undecided voters a reason to switch to the high moral ground, but frankly, with mealy-mouthed attitudes like this, they’re not giving us any confidence that much would change when Starmer’s Labour boards the gravy train.