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How brutal is the life of politics. Survey that government frontbench: all members is facing extremely difficult portfolios without the means to do what they recognize is needed.

The legacy they received was even more ruinous than anticipated: they were left with traps, deceptive pitfalls and enormous voids. The EU departure is proving to be even more economically crippling than predicted, currently costing the exchequer £80bn each year.

The Difficulties Building

They are blighted by unfortunate circumstances: the Trump destroyer landed on their watch. What greater disaster than a corrections official setting free a rejected refugee sex offender? Small boat arrivals feel relentless.

An ill-advised internal party vote right now was certain to give the Labour leader a setback. The 11% vote share at the Caerphilly Senedd byelection might not even be their worst performance.

They prepare for brickbats, but they're only human. Frequently, the Health Secretary dares say what everyone observes: that there is "deep disillusionment in this country at the moment" and "a growing sense of despair about whether anyone is capable of turning this country round".

Popular Sentiment Confuses

Nevertheless, the present hostile state of voter perception is perplexing and alarming. The Labour leader is the least popular prime minister ever. Really?

He is a decent, serious man of positive aims, lacking excessive pride or ego. Measure this against the Conservative leader, the brief Conservative leader, or the casual assumption of the former Conservative leader, all with so little to warrant arrogant assurance.

Governing Difficulties

But, say the people, the current PM is poorer. As prime minister, he lacks personal magnetism, they say: more importantly, he lacks governing flexibility, creative thinking or understanding of public sentiment.

The government mishandled concerning decreases for retirees and individuals with special needs, unbalanced by generosity elsewhere. Unclear about their core constituency, the government has allowed good policies unpromoted, from working rights to environmental funding, housing projects and training opportunities for the next generation.

Electoral Approach

Numerous close advisers persist in thinking the Daily Mail-inflected right requires courting, when significantly more electors have moved leftwards since the election was won. Polling guru the renowned analyst cautions leadership to stop chasing populist constituency: they're lost.

Keir Starmer is struggling; this cannot be disputed when research shows no individual might ever return from such unprecedented lows.

But in unknown circumstances of significant fluctuation, past experience might not apply. The Prime Minister rescued Labour from a post-Jeremy Corbyn slough of despond that political analysts claimed couldn't be reversed in four years.

Potential Scenarios

Might a different politician achieve superior results, or has society entered a virtually unmanageable, never-content citizenry? Every administration may be dismissed equally quickly after taking office, despite overwhelming support, only if it appears with immediate solutions providing significant resources for struggling state institutions and cash-strapped families.

Unsurprisingly, concern within the parliamentary party will make talk of leadership change widespread if May's elections go as poorly as forecast – or, some suggest, earlier.

Potential Solutions

Officials face a contradiction: Labour's only hope resides in hopelessness. Assume they will be overwhelmed anyway, so use this massive majority for the remainder of the term to follow their natural left-leaning values: implement substantial tax changes, generating substantial revenue.

Anticipate defeat subsequent votes, so take decisive action currently. Forget opinion polls and focus groups; enable the public to witness sincerity in their purpose. The only way to rebuild credibility is to do transparently what they think most right and fair.

• That respect has become essential to save the country from calamity
• The obvious message from Caerphilly showed the powerful "stop Reform" movement
• More than sixty percent of unusually high engagement uniting to prevent Reform success
• That requires strategic electoral support for the strongest progressive option

The Chancellor correctly describes Reform "the primary risk" to national identity. While Conservatives largely align with Reform, a voting agreement of particular nature threatens.

The party's obligation is to take all necessary measures to stop this development. Prepare for coalition, remain palatable for progressive partners when party affiliations matters less than the deep red line against a governance risk unseen in contemporary politics.

Such is an objective to defeat discouragement.