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How brutal is the political life. Survey that government frontbench: every minister is facing extremely difficult portfolios lacking the resources to do what they know is needed.

The legacy they received was more catastrophic than expected: they were bequeathed landmines, misleading obstacles and enormous voids. Brexit is proving to be more financially damaging than predicted, now losing the exchequer £80bn a year.

The Difficulties Mounting

They face bad luck: the Trump presidency landed on their watch. What worse mishap than a corrections official releasing a denied migrant individual convicted of sexual crimes? Channel migrants feel unstoppable.

A poorly timed leadership contest currently was certain to give Keir Starmer a setback. The minimal electoral backing at the Welsh assembly by-election might not even be their worst performance.

They prepare for brickbats, but they are human. Frequently, the Labour MP boldly states what all can see: 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".

Public Opinion Puzzles

Yet, even so, the current vitriolic state of popular sentiment is perplexing and alarming. Keir Starmer is the least popular prime minister ever. Actually?

He is a honorable, committed person of positive aims, lacking excessive pride or self-importance. Measure this against Boris Johnson, the short-lived PM, or the relaxed confidence of David Cameron, each achieving minimal to warrant arrogant assurance.

Leadership Challenges

But, say the people, Starmer is worse. As the nation's leader, he lacks charisma, observers note: more significantly, he is missing governing flexibility, innovative approaches or instinct for changing opinions.

The government mishandled regarding reductions to pensioners and disabled people, offset by spending increases in other areas. Uncertain which voters to appeal to, ministers have permitted positive initiatives unheralded, from working rights to environmental funding, housing projects and training opportunities for the next generation.

Electoral Approach

Too many senior advisors persist in thinking right-wing constituencies demands attention, when almost twice as many voters have shifted progressive since the government formed. Polling guru the renowned analyst cautions leadership to abandon courting Reform voters: they've departed.

Keir Starmer is failing; there's no denying it when pollsters suggest no leader could recover from these unplumbed depths.

Yet, during unprecedented territory of such extreme volatility, past experience might not apply. The Prime Minister rescued Labour from a post-Jeremy Corbyn condition of hopelessness that history said couldn't be fixed in four years.

Potential Scenarios

Might a different politician do better, or are we experiencing a near-ungovernable, never-content citizenry? Every administration may be dismissed equally quickly once in power, however great its landslide victory, except if it comes in a gilded chariot providing significant resources for struggling state institutions and empty private purses.

Expectedly, concern within the parliamentary party will make discussion about replacing the leader rife if May's elections go according to negative projections – or, some suggest, sooner.

The Way Forward

Here's ministers' paradox: Labour's only hope emerges from difficulty. Prepare for being wiped out whatever, so employ their parliamentary advantage for four more years to implement their genuine left-leaning values: implement substantial tax changes, raising plenty.

Prepare for opposition the next election, so implement all policies immediately. Forget opinion polls and voter research; allow citizens to observe sincerity in their purpose. The only way to rebuild credibility is to implement openly what they think most right and fair.

• Public trust has become vital to protect the country from disaster
• The bright light from Caerphilly showed the strong "stop Reform" impulse
• More than sixty percent of remarkable voter participation mobilizing to block populist advances
• Such strategy demands strategic electoral support for the most viable opposition candidate

Rachel Reeves appropriately labels Reform "the single greatest threat" to national identity. As the opposition effectively combine with Reform, a political alliance of particular nature looms.

The government's responsibility is to take all necessary measures to prevent it. Prepare for coalition, stay suitable for progressive partners when the name of the party matters less than the deep red line against a political danger unseen in contemporary politics.

This represents a mission to drive out despair.