What would a Labour landslide mean for Starmer – and for Britain?

The latest polls all point to a Labour victory. Yet would super-cautious Keir actually know what to do with such a massive mandate, asks Simon Walters – and could it make his job of prime minister harder, not easier?

Labour is on course to win 468 seats with the Conservatives reduced to fewer than 100, according to one survey (PA)

If the latest opinion polls are correct, the general election is already in the bag for Keir Starmer. He hasn’t just got one foot in No 10 – he is so far ahead he can start measuring up the curtains.

That’s because Labour is on course to win 468 seats with the Conservatives reduced to fewer than 100, according to Survation’s new survey of more than 15,000 people. That would mean a Commons majority of nearly 300. Yes, you read that correctly – 300.

If it turns out to be right, Starmer could do almost anything he wanted. He wouldn’t have to worry about what the Labour manifesto said. He could say voters had given him carte blanche. And if they give him 468 out of the 650 MPs in Westminster, who could argue?