On Starmer's "reset" speech 1/ Tone better than content. He's genuinely indignant over the health inequalities Marmot points to, and with concrete language and examples - and policies - this will translate into an agenda for working class families...

2/ ... Roadmap to Yesterday a resonant phrase; inequality is economic stupidity likewise... and it was a "reset" in the sense of saying the phase of muted criticism during the pandemic is over... but...

3/ As I've said here: the case is clear for massive fiscal expansion now. Both Starmer speech and Dodds' Mais lecture frame permission for this - and he will be asked: how much is needed to build this new Britain... https://www.newstatesman.com/writers/315559 

4/ .... the answer should be £200bn upfront now, borrowed at the cheapest rates ever, and pumped into specific depressed communities and regions by Xmas 2021... show don't tell https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/economy/2021/02/why-labour-must-follow-joe-biden-s-example-and-advocate-radical-economic

5/ ... the other reset has to be: stop the HQ and bureaucracy attacking the left, get Corbyn back into the PLP, the left back into the Shadow Cabinet and start communicating via the membership... https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/economy/2021/02/why-labour-must-follow-joe-biden-s-example-and-advocate-radical-economic

6/ But overall, where it matters - from Swindon to Tyneside - Starmer's speech should do what it intends: rebuild Labour's credibility, professionalism and competence. All the "Starmer is Tory-lite" trolls will now find themselves way out of touch with working class people...