Something is wrong in Labourworld. A cloud of uncertainty, even anxiety, hangs over the party. After a strong first year that confirmed the impression Sir Keir Starmer not only looked but sounded like a leader, some indefinable buoyancy seems to be leaking out of his bubble. The opinion polls, going at least in Labour’s direction through the second half of 2020, have seen the party sag a little over recent months. A couple of junior shadow ministers have resigned from the front bench to spend more time with their constituencies. A briefing war appears to be underway, mostly in the shape of a whispering campaign against Starmer’s shadow chancellor, Anneliese Dodds.