Reading some of the comments, I don’t like Brown either.  But Keir Starmer is stuffed.  Rachel Reeves has no credibility (she never did, she lied), and the markets hear her saying she will cut spending, but assume she will just hit business with another tax raid and undermine growth even further.  The credibility of a Chancellor with gravitas is crucial in times like this, and she has none (but Darren Jones is equally lightweight and useless). The price of lying can be very high, as the country has found out - she is clearly out of her depth and unfit for purpose.