Labour advisers want lessons learned from Harris defeat: voters set the agenda

Focus on joy over voters' concerns about economy was Harris campaign's downfall, some Labour insiders say

They say in every defeat there is a lesson. Senior Labour advisers say there are tough lessons some of their party critics need to learn from the Democrats' disastrous campaign in the US.

When Kamala Harris's campaign had the most momentum, the core of it was joy. And although the final weeks were dominated by darker warnings of fascism under Donald Trump, Harris returned to that theme of optimism in one of her final messages to supporters, saying they had brought back the joy".