Starmer takes a step towards No 10 – but he has a long way to go yet

While the Labour leader spoke to a party that smells power again, some big obstacles remain in the way

In Keir Starmer's first radio interview after becoming Labour leader he was asked what his first priority would be in opposition. From a broad slate of possible responses - social justice, a stable economy, investing in public services - he didn't hesitate. To win the next election."

At the time, his answer was, frankly, laughable. Labour had just suffered its biggest election defeat in more than 80 years and the party was divided, exhausted and traumatised by the defeat. But life, and in this case politics, comes at you fast.