On Britain’s election battleground, I learned what people want from Starmer: the change he promised them | Polly Toynbee

With a byelection looming, the focus is on Runcorn where people voted for Labour in great numbers last year – but so far they feel short-changedCrises suit him – whether in Southport, Ukraine or the White House. Facing the headwinds of the Donald Trump storm, Keir Starmer’s “we have your back” pledge yesterday at a car factory in Solihull heralded a welter of “further and faster” and “fight for the future” to match his apocalyptic “the