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How brutal is the political life. Look around that government frontbench: every minister is grappling with near impossible portfolios without the means to do what they understand is needed.

What they were handed was more disastrous than expected: they were bequeathed landmines, dishonest traps and gaping holes. Brexit is showing itself as even more economically crippling than expected, resulting in the loss of the exchequer £80bn a year.

The Obstacles Building

They are blighted by bad luck: the Trump presidency coincided with their watch. What greater disaster than a corrections official freeing a denied migrant sex offender? Small boat arrivals feel unstoppable.

An unfortunate internal party vote right now was destined to give the Labour leader a setback. The minimal electoral backing at the Welsh assembly special election might not even be their worst performance.

They prepare for hostility, but they have feelings. Frequently, the Health Secretary courageously expresses the obvious truth: that we're experiencing "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 Baffles

Yet, even so, the contemporary bitter state of popular sentiment is confusing and concerning. The Prime Minister is the most disliked prime minister in history. Actually?

He is a decent, serious man of noble purposes, devoid of unwarranted superiority or vanity. Compare that with the Conservative leader, the short-lived PM, or the relaxed confidence of the former Conservative leader, all with so little to explain their overconfidence.

Leadership Challenges

But, say the people, the current PM is poorer. As prime minister, he's short on charisma, according to critics: more importantly, he doesn't possess governing flexibility, ingenuity or sense of public sentiment.

Labour blundered regarding reductions to pensioners and disabled people, offset by spending increases in other areas. Unsure which demographic to target, ministers have permitted beneficial programs unheralded, from working rights to sustainable development, new towns and training opportunities for the next generation.

Political Strategy

Too many close advisers persist in thinking right-wing constituencies requires courting, when significantly more electors have shifted progressive since the election was won. Survey specialist the polling authority cautions leadership to abandon courting Farage supporters: they're lost.

Labour's leader is struggling; the evidence is clear when pollsters suggest no individual might bounce back from such unprecedented lows.

However, within unknown circumstances of remarkable instability, past experience might not apply. The Prime Minister rescued Labour from the period following Corbyn state of despair that c conventional wisdom suggested couldn't be reversed in a single parliament.

Future Possibilities

Might a different politician achieve superior results, or have we reached an almost impossible to govern, insatiable public state of mind? Every administration may be dismissed equally quickly once in power, despite overwhelming support, except if it comes in a gilded chariot bearing untold bounty for underfunded government departments and empty private purses.

Unsurprisingly, concern within the parliamentary party will make talk of leadership change widespread if May's elections go as badly as predicted – or, some suggest, before that.

Future Directions

Officials face a contradiction: The party's sole opportunity emerges from difficulty. Prepare for being defeated regardless, so utilize their significant numbers for the full parliament to follow their natural social democratic instinct: make radical tax reforms, increasing government income.

Expect to lose future elections, so take decisive action currently. Forget opinion polls and focus groups; allow citizens to observe sincerity in their purpose. The exclusive approach to restore some respect is to execute clearly what they consider most correct and reasonable.

• Public trust has become essential to save the country from disaster
• The obvious message from the recent election showed the strong "stop Reform" impulse
• Over 60% of remarkable voter participation rallying to keep Faragists out
• Such strategy demands mass tactical voting for the strongest progressive option

Rachel Reeves appropriately labels Reform "the primary risk" to national identity. While Conservatives largely align with Reform, an electoral pact of certain type approaches.

The government's responsibility is to implement required actions to block this outcome. Prepare for coalition, stay suitable for allied groups when the name of the party is overshadowed by the essential limit against a political danger unprecedented in modern history.

This represents a mission to drive out despair.