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Keir Starmer was always the Great Pretender, never a proper leader – and here's why

Keir Starmer was always the Great Pretender, never a proper leader – and here's why

The first anniversary of Starmer's premiership this week also marks the beginning of the end after a series of disastrous U-turns weakened his rule

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