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Keir Starmer: his fatal character flaws

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Keir Starmer: his fatal character flaws
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Why would any sensible person want to be prime minister of the UK? The hours are punishing; the task thankless; the salary would not satisfy a middle-ranking chief executive and the tenure almost always ends in tears.  

Any hope of success depends on possession of one of two driving forces, and ideally a combination of both: first, a real sense of mission; second, a deep-seated relish for politics. Without these attributes, a PM is doomed – and Keir Starmer lacks both. He may have been an adequ

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