It would be a good move. Labour need to win hearts and minds, and this is where they fall behind. When you have Farage gaining support every day by running on a populist agenda you need someone to counter him.

Gone are the days of our leaders leading behind closed doors. As much as I’d prefer to not hear from government and just have them do what they’re supposed to do, unfortunately in this day and age if you aren’t “seen” you are perceived as doing nothing by the vocal minority.

As much as I hate Trump and his clown car of a cabinet, this is something they excel at. And it is high time that the good guys use their tactics against them for the greater good. The good thing is you don’t even have to feel itchy about it as it’s just being seen and heard.

The one thing they do need to do is drown out the voices of our dumb right from Farages clown car.

One minister said: “Trump and [the vice-president] JD Vance have shown the advantage of getting out there and not worrying about making mistakes.

Yeah, they have a whole cult behind them that will interpret their every idiotic blunder as an inspired move. Starmer, not so much.

Not to mention, the Trump strategy is to flood the media by alternating between doing/saying stupid shit and dangerous shit. If you’re just doing media appearances or whatever you’re not going to see the same effect.

Trump is certainly the wrong model, but they do need to communicate better. In particular I think they need to communicate the reasons behind their decisions.

Why aren’t we standing with countries like Canada in response to Trump’s sabre rattling?
Why haven’t they just told Trump to get fucked in trade talks when his administration is asking for changes in our laws?
What are the cuts on winter fuels and disability benefits paying for?
Why are we not looking to rejoin the customs union to remove barriers to trade with the EU?

Etc, etc, etc.