The Labour leader has responded to Kwarteng’s gift with a textbook illustration of why thought and judgment count
If, despite the slide in sterling, I had had a pound for each time that someone had told me over the past two and a half years how disappointed they were with Keir Starmer (to which I have mostly retorted that he seemed to be playing a long game rather skilfully), I would be well placed to pay my energy bills this winter with some ease.
Martin Kettle is a Guardian columnist