Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: It's Election Day across the pond
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup is a long-running series published every morning that collects essential political discussion and analysis around the internet.
We begin with Pippa Crerar of The Guardian speculating on how Labour leader Keir Starmer would govern if, as expected, the Labour Party wins huge majorities in Thursday’s elections in the United Kingdom.
Putting the champagne on ice is not the Labour leader’s style. “It’s definitely not his thing,” says one shadow cabinet minister. “If he’s even tempted to have a drink on election night, it would be somebody handing him a bottle of beer.”
If the polls are accurate, just hours later he will be on his way back from Buckingham Palace to Downing Street, where he will address the nation from outside the famous black door of No 10. [...]His focus on simply doing what works is also likely to be at the heart of his Labour administration if the party takes power this week. Taken in isolation, some measures may not seem particularly ambitious, even a little dull. But his team insist they will be the building blocks that create something substantial.“He will govern in the way in which he’s run the Labour party,” says one shadow cabinet minister. “He’s no-drama Starmer. He’s very methodical and analytical. He just gets on with things, he wants to fix problems.”