Lovely article which points to an underlying sense of unease that many people have about Starmer. He seems pre-programmed to do certain things without having the slightest capacity to check performance against reality.

That might be due to a very thick skin and a determination to press on with his programme without publicly registering his acknowledgement of others’ distress. “Just do it, Keir! Ignore the nay-sayers and act like you don’t care!”

The alternative is that he is one very sick little puppy.