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. Goodwill 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.