Labour Party members were expecting to ride a wave of joy all the way to this week's party conference in Liverpool. Instead, Labour already feels demoralisedTo cause someone to lose hope..

First there was in-fighting over budget cuts then, there is the ongoing fallout of Labour ministers' apparent weakness for gifts from Labour donorsA person who freely gives money or body parts.. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has accepted more than £100,000 in gifts, including clothes and football tickets.

Rumours of a power struggle in government rumble on, but it is not unusual for a new government to get off to a rocky start.

Some think Starmer's problems will make him vulnerable to the most dangerous charges a politician can face: hypocrisySaying something is bad, but also taking part in it yourself. , and being out of touch.

It makes him look like he believes that only others should be bearing the pain of his decisions.

They think Starmer should have banned his cabinet from taking gifts and stamped out the infighting.

Is Keir Starmer losing the plot?

Yes! Starmer has not come up with a positive vision for the country, so scandals are filling the vacuum.

No! Labour always gets a hard time from Britain's mostly right-wing press.