Starmer must say what he’ll do in power – if he leaves a vacuum, the far right will fill its | John McDonnell

We on the left expect a Labour government, but it will inherit a terrible legacy. People need to know it has the right answers

• John McDonnell was shadow chancellor of the exchequer from 2015 to 2020

For nearly two years, polls have shown that people have had enough of the Tories. There’s a general feeling that after 14 years with the Conservatives in office, a change in the governing party is almost part of a natural cycle.

For this reason, we are facing a very strange and unprecedented election in 2024 in which the leader of the party the polls position as most likely to win is, so far, aiming to do so on the basis of what he’s not: providing very little, or any, detail on what he will do in office if he wins the election.

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