The Guardian view on Kemi Badenoch and the economy: a plan stuck in the Tory comfort zone | Editorial

The Conservative leader’s choice of a new shadow chancellor shows a lack of insight into the reasons why the party was defeated at the last election To outlast a prime minister always counts as some kind of achievement for an opposition leader, although Kemi Badenoch cannot claim credit for Sir Keir Starmer’s downfall .

Sir Keir’s wounds were mostly self-inflicted. To the extent that opposition pressure was involved, it was electoral threats…