THE motivational speaker and author Simon Sinek wrote: “Bad leaders care about who is right. Good leaders care about what is right.”

Reflecting on the past week in UK politics, the leadership of the Labour Party is failing. And failing badly.

Business leaders often say that the most serious failure of leadership is the failure to foresee.

The return of Peter Mandelson to a political appointment was bound to end in calamity. It would have been obvious to a Martian.

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Appointing Mandelson was much, much more than just poor judgement. It was a calculated move by those advising the prime minister.

The type of move which happens when people believe they are much cleverer than anyone else. We know the sort.

Morgan McSweeney’s track record suggests the PM’s now former chief of staff believes he is an electoral Svengali.

There is no macro-ing up the management of a London borough to national government– especially when the borough in question was ruined by loony far-lefties.

The UK gave judgement on that when Labour was led by Corbyn.

White van man has always been tilting right rather than left. Blair........

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