Labour’s Christmas announcement of no compensation for pension changes is poor politics, but Badenoch bodged the argument

It’s Christmas time. The season to be jolly. Good will and good cheer to all people. When we remember those who are less fortunate than us. And no one does this better than Keir Starmer.

Few can have missed the fact that Kemi Badenoch hasn’t exactly got off to the best of starts as leader of the Conservative party. Within weeks, her popularity ratings have slipped well into the minus. For much of the time she has gone unnoticed – neither her own party nor the country are much interested in what she has to say – only stepping into the limelight on Wednesday lunchtimes for prime minister’s questions.