Quote Originally Posted by KerrAvon View Post
Johnson has made lots of enemies getting to where he is, but he still walked the leadership election. It may be a bit like the Corbyn scenario; he may be disliked by the parliamentary party, but it's the votes of the membership that holds the whip hand.

As for Starmer, I think you may be seeing him through the eyes of someone who wants to believe. He is forensically excellent, but if Spitting Image were still going, they would have to re-use the John Major grey character.
I'm hopeful competence , credibility and policies are judged rather more than a celebrity personality in the next four years kerr .

The country may well be ready for it .