It’s not the economy, stupid – the focus must be on people | Letter

Andrew Climo on the narrative Labour needs to establish to ensure victory over the Conservatives at the next general election

Jonathan Freedland's excellent piece was timely (Rishi Sunak is the best choice the Tories could have made - but Labour can still beat him, 28 October). It is now that the narrative needs to be developed for why the Tories' approach is doomed to failure. A week of listening to Rishi Sunak's coronation speeches showed they have a caring side after all - a deep concern for the health of that abstract entity the economy".

But the economy does not feel frozen to the bone, feel gnawing hunger, or fear being thrown on the mercy of relatives or neighbours. It doesn't have its life chances ruined by poor education or curtailed by lack of access to a GP or hospital waiting lists. There can be no economic revival without a broad-based revival of fortunes of its population. It is this that needs to be stressed at every point.
Andrew Climo
Kingscote, Gloucestershire