Policy U-turns that the left interprets as surrender to a Blairite revanche are construed by the leader’s allies as rational choices by a man who wants to win an election, has looked at the evidence of how it can be done and will be ruthless in taking down obstacles in his path.
I am talking about recent years. There’s a reason they pick up so many Tory and Lib Dem switchers, especially in local elections. It’s because they don’t threaten the status quo at all.