An irresponsible drama
Sir: Britain is faced with a fabricated panic which has prioritised personality over policy. Keir Starmer has been forced out of office largely to provide the media with a piece of theatre, a drama of great irresponsibility in which Act One has been written but nothing sketched out beyond it.
Michael Gove’s brilliant account (‘Butterfly effect’, 20 June) has shown that Britain’s economy has benefited greatly from our detachment from the EU, but points to an area where the misnomer of ‘Exit’ has magnified problems of national identity, which remain and require what amounts to therapy on a grand scale. Yet the orchestration of this political drama has entirely focused on the likely replacement leader, Andy Burnham, who has carefully said very little about how he may hope to revitalise our nation.
Mallory WoberLondon NW3
Jam tomorrow
