McSweeney’s Exit Signals the Start of Labour’s Collapse.

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McSweeney going improves nothing for Labour; it will only make things worse. Starmer does not have a political instinct in his body, there was never a plan. That is why Labour lurches from crisis to crisis. There is nothing underneath it. To the extent that there was anything, it was McSweeney. Now that is gone.

There is a major gap in No.10. The regime’s political brain has just resigned. Starmer is a blank sheet, always has been. It was clear before the election and has been obvious ever since. Note the dates of the two attached headlines.

McSweeney was no genius. He took Labour from one disaster to another, including what looks like the potentially fatal Mandelson crisis. However, he did provide political direction and control. Who fills that vacuum now? Whoever it is will end up as powerful as McSweeney simply because Starmer has nothing to offer in this department.

Without an adviser like McSweeney, Starmer is likely to spiral further. Expect more major mistakes and more crises. With an adviser, still expect them. Even an actual genius would struggle to close the gap between where Labour is and where the country is. Trust and hope have been burned to ashes.

There is virtually zero chance of fixing this before May. And if May turns out to be the disaster for Labour that many predict, the gap between the party and the country will widen further. Labour may still hold a huge Commons majority, but if the polls are right, it could be wiped out in Scotland, Wales, and parts of its English heartlands. The parliamentary majority would then look dangerously out of step with the electorate.

So even a new “magic” adviser will not fix this; neither will a new leader after Starmer goes. Labour needs to accept that it is politically spent, effectively on life support until the 2029 general election switches off the machine.

The political focus should now shift away from Labour. They are done. The real question is what fills the gap. Given that the Conservatives are in an equally dire position, there is a very real prospect that after the 2029 election neither party will be in government, and both could be fighting simply to become the Official Opposition.

Attention should turn to the Greens and Reform, the two parties most likely to exploit the vacuum left by the old dinosaurs. The May elections should tell us where we are in that transition toward a new political framework.

Think about that. Worry about that.

Stop worrying about Labour, they are on the way out.