OPINION - Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch have one thing in common — and it's about class

Class in the political rumble is both sword and shield: a weapon of attack if you are a Labour insurgent aiming to seize power from “out-of-touch” Tories (a Starmer talking point) and a defensive rally if you are criticised for solecisms — “I speak like people do where I grew up” (his deputy Angela Rayner).