“When there is rot deep in the heart of a structure, you can’t just cover it up. You can’t tinker with it or rely on quick fixes. You have to overhaul the entire thing,” Starmer will say in the first major set-piece speech of his seven-week tenure.

I'm not Starmer's biggest fan, but the thing I appreciate about his approach is that he appreciates that a lot of the problems we face need holistic solutions. Unfortunately, that is going to take time to trickle through.