The Prime Minister has been told he has “months” to prevent the collapse of Labour and Lord Kinnock warned Keir Starmer has to “act quickly.”
Since Labour’s landslide election win Labour’s poll ratings has fallen of a cliff and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party is soaring in the polls.
Lord Kinnock told BBC Radio 4’s Westminster Hour, “The reality is that he has got to act quickly in order to clearly establish a direction and purpose.
“Now, I know he’s got it. He’s a man of high intelligence and deeply rooted principles. There’s no doubt at all about that.
But, what he’s got to do is, if you like, demonstrate that he is authentically very Labour with a set of principles that are practical in their application, under determination to put them into full effect.
He said that the government has made “progressive” moves, but they have been “unheard because they’ve been obscured by basic errors,” such as the inheritance tax on farmers, the winter fuel payment cuts for pensioners and the illegal migrant situation.
He added, “Now that has got to be attended to by effective management by the Prime Minister.
“There’s nobody else to do it. What he’s got to do in the coming months – and I mean months, not over years, is demonstrate that very clearly.
I don’t know where the focus is of the people who work in No10, and I think that they’ve got to demonstrate sensitivity to the realities of politics.
“I’ve got reservations about the capability of some of the people who appear to be there.
I know some of them to be extremely able and effective, and they’ve demonstrated that historically but something is not connecting effectively with the Labour Party or with basic political skills and I hope it will very rapidly.
