Quote Originally Posted by BigFatPie View Post
Keir Starmer didn’t even enter politics until he was 53, so I’m not sure how he can be classed as a ‘career politician’. If anyone deserves that title it’s Jeremy Corbyn isn’t it?
I didn't cite Keir Starmer as a career politician in my post, but you actually make a fair point that it's too simplistic to blame all career politicians for the demise of the two main parties, or to absolve from blame all of those who don't fit that description.

Jeremy Corbyn could indeed be described as a career politician with strong ideological beliefs to which he has stayed (comparatively) true and consistent, whereas "Sir" Keir Starmer has proven over a much shorter political career that he will do and say anything to get to the top and ride the freebie train, including both supporting and then discarding the aforementioned Corbyn when it suited him.