On the Gray saga. Starmer not exactly bad at politics, but a painfully slow learner www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Is the Sue Gray debacle another Hartlepool moment for Keir Starmer? Let’s hope so | Rafael Behr

Labour’s defeat in the 2021 byelection nearly prompted its leader to quit. Instead, he learned lessons – just as he must now, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Thanks. Great piece.

I think it's that he hates the bullshit & trivia of politics, especially prevalent in the last few Brexit/Johnson years, & sincerely wants to improve people's lives. But will our feral media & impatient electorate (who voted for the self-harm austerity, tax cuts, Brexit) give him a chance? Unlikely

I've worked at the junction of politics and policy (as the SRO in this case liked to put it) - it strikes me that a good campaign manager is not necessary going to be a good deploy-and-embed manager. Those are two different skills. Give it 6 months and we may have a great grid but zero execution.

Very good read. "self-certified ethical superiority" Ouch!

I can't tell if it's an almost innocent naivety or rank incompetence at this point. Sample size is still too small I guess, and there's also the chance that I'm too jaded after the last 15 years.

Been his style all along hasn’t it? Dude needs to get more dynamic.

I wondered that myself. 🤞

Bring on Leveson 2