"...a dog in the fight..."

The strikers told him, “You must pick a side.
Bosses or workers? Can’t be backing both.”
But Starmer sidestepped. Smiling, he replied
“I’ll stay detached. I’m on the side of growth.”
No tribal loyalties. He’ll change the rules:
each citizen deserves a decent home,
crack the class ceiling, tax the public schools,
back NHS, extend the right to roam.
Whether it’s climate change or social care
it seems each time he sets out on a track
there’s money men who whisper “Don’t you dare…”
He’s making two steps forward, one step back.

He knows the underdogs will come off worst
but he wants power. Overdogs come first.