I hope not to be wrong on this but out of all the contenders (and Starmer) he appears to be the most qualified to get the country out of a financial mess. I can’t see that there’s anyone else that has the same level of understanding of economics and finance.
There wasn’t much that he could have done differently during COVID as our NHS has been struggling so badly for such a long time. It could have collapsed entirely if people hadn’t been made to stay at home.
Nobody has the ability to take on the role and make things better for everybody, despite what Keri Starmer would have us believe. We can’t just tax the hell out of those with the most money to help everybody with less as we’ll end up losing out in the long term when big business don’t want to invest in this country. I’m by no means a high earner but have dabbled in the relative basics of economics when I did my degree and I can appreciate how difficult a task it’s going to be.
The important thing now is having someone take the reigns and get some stability back as it’s descended into a farce over the past few months.