1/. My new piece looks at why Labour should - and must - tell a bold & optimistic story about Britain’s future. Rather as Keynes once urged us…

2/. Right now, optimism is in the tank. Amongst many, it’s as bad as it was during Covid. But pessimists don’t make good electoral choices.

3/. What I’ve found is that people feel we confront ‘the three impossibles’.

4/. You can’t blame people - while some have done royally well, most others are having a terrible time.