Keir Starmer is no politician – but this could be his strength

Keir Starmer is no politician – but this could be his strength

If you cut him, would he bleed? Nobody knows. Keir Starmer is one of the strangest of all the odd characters we have had in No 10: perhaps we are only just beginning to realise just how different he is. He does almost none of the obvious things a prime minister “must” do. With few exceptions, he doesn’t speak to the cabinet. By speak, I mean properly, confidentially, deeply – not just exchanging phrases in a meeting. He doesn’t speak to his othe…