Séamas O'Reilly: Keir Starmer's austerity is a betrayal of ordinary British people's hopes

"Constantly framing austerity decisions as “tough choices” was clearly intended to make Labour seem serious and sober — the sensible adults returning to the room — but its primary effect has been to highlight the choices not made."

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech during the Labour Party Conference, at the ACC Liverpool. Austerity measures are the wrong medicine for the UK's ills, reckons our columnist.

If there is one lesson we can learn from the past 12 weeks of British politics, it’s that honeymoons are brief. 

This week’s Labour conference should, by right, have been a victory lap.