The class war is back, says STEPHEN GLOVER. The British people didn't vote for it last July, when Labour presented itself as a bland party intending no harm to anyone, but they've got it all the same.
Within weeks of Labour winning the election last July, Rachel Reeves announced the scrapping of the winter fuel allowance for all but the very poorest pensioners.
Let's assume Sir Keir Starmer wants to win the next election. Let's also assume he has no desire to be replaced as PM in the next year or so by Wes Streeting or Angela Rayner or anyone else.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could one day genuinely praise Sir Keir Starmer. How I would love to say that, yes, for once our stodgy Prime Minister has shown a smidgen of vision and inspiration.
Will the history books conclude that this was the day when Sir Keir Starmer began to hand back the independence for which the British people voted nearly nine years ago?