It does strike me that we've got the same basic problem Ed Miliband had of having no outriders, but worse. The pitch Starmer has created is aimed at those who are least political and whose voice is underrepresented in both media and discourse.

It's eerily reminiscent of the problems Biden has had too

It's an interesting conundrum as it's the right pitch, but one that does leave a gap that either needs filling with something else or to be deflected from. Theoretically there should be no issue given broadcasting rules, but that's not how things are in our media culture in practice.

Well there’s one very prominent public figure who allegedly owes the government some favours now 😂