Sir Keir Starmer has never been much attracted to dogma, or even the vaguest attempt at a unique political philosophy. There will never be any such thing as “Starmerism”.
That is not a criticism, because there is much to be said for the kind of pragmatic progressivism that proved to be such a refreshing break from the stale, ideological Corbynite past when he took over as leader in 2020. As Sir Keir sometimes reflects, few believed he had much chance of making Labour electable again in a hurry, and he was faced with a Herculean task few others seriously wanted to take on.
