No need to change the flight path

Gaby Hinsliff says that we don`t know "what sets him apart from anyone else in contemporary politics", so are we to assume that the 10 radical pledges made by Keir Starmer in his Labour leadership campaign were simply to win over the left-wing Labour membership, and not to act as a guide to what he would do in power (Decent, competent, cautious, but Starmer still has to prove he can inspire victory, 03.01.21)? If that is the case, he is in danger of scuppering any hopes of creating a united and electable Labour party. He has to remember how a preponderance of centrist policies which ignored the grievances of working people, have cost Labour too many elections already this century.. It is vital that Labour does its utmost to rubbish Conservative preposterous claims to be the workers` party representing the aspirations of ordinary people, and that means those 10 pledges have to be honoured, and not simply because ignoring them would be to betray democracy. Years of shrinking the state in the UK have proved disastrous, along with unfair taxation, deregulation and rising inequality, not to mention the abundance of corruption and cronyism. Labour does have a wonderful opportunity; a "Conservative party willing to spend" should not prove the "disconcerting enemy" Hinsliff thinks it is, especially with incompetents in the Cabinet and Sunak`s instincts clearly heading for a return to austerity policies, which no doubt will be as callous as Osborne`s. There is absolutely no need for Starmer to change the "flight path" he started on when winning the leadership contest!