Victory may be in sight for Starmer but the polls can be deceptive – and Labour still needs to offer a clear vision for the future, writes DAVID BLUNKETT [Video]

16:29 EDT 04 May 2024, updated 07:25 EDT 05 May 2024

It’s been an undeniably good week for the Labour Party, and a bad one for the Conservatives. So it’s no wonder that, after half a generation out of office, there is optimism, perhaps even confidence, among Labour supporters.

Yet this is also a dangerous moment – for them and for the country. The challenges and the terrible constraints now facing a British government of whatever colour are all too real.

Take, for example, climate change, or the collapse of social care. Or the dire housing situation for young people, the disintegrating fabric of society or the desperate state of our national finances.

These are vast problems. They are urgent priorities. And yet there are no agreed solutions to hand, let alone easy ones.

That’s why, even with victory seemingly in sight, Labour must be clear that tribal politics won’t cut it any longer.