Keith Starmer> a Tory view

A Tory’s views on Sir Keith Starmer

As a Tory the selection of a new Labour Leader is not really of my concern except that whoever is elected could influence the results of future elections

He was only elected as an MP in 2015 so is relatively inexperienced as a front line politician. He became a front bench spokesman almost straight away probably because he was a lawyer and had been DPP/CPS for 5 years

I can find no record of him actually being involved in grass roots politics and it is almost certain that he was not a regular at Labour Party Conferences in the run up to becoming an MP as he was DPP/CPS from 2003 to 2013

So he did not earn his spurs by working for the Party and was selected as an MP in safe seat due to his public profile

Initially he was anti Corbyn but then, probably as the only way to progress his political career, he became a fan. A loyal guy so one can find little , if any, criticism of Corbyn in the run up to the election and even now he avoids criticism

So whilst experienced in public duties he is very inexperienced in basic politics yet he is the front runner to lead the Labour Party out of the wilderness> does no one wonder or even ask questions how he will deal with the very experienced people in charge of the Labour Party now. Who know how to manipulate people and Party rules to achieve objectives

You could almost call him a novice political operator which may be the reason that he proposed the neutral stance on Brexit completely unaware of how political life works at grass roots level

As a lawyer and his CV he obviously has talents of presenting an argument which accounts for his success in pushing through ‘his’ Brexit policy

This  is all good for the Tory Party as if and when he wins civil war will break out when he tries to move the policies to the centre> it is very hard when reading his CV to conclude that he is a Marxist or any further to the left than Blair or even Boris  

The Tory Party would never nowadays elect such a novice as their Leader > mind you the other two candidates are also not that experienced but do have a grass roots background

Modern Toryism is effectively Blair Mk4 as Blair was Thatcher Mk2 and ‘real’ Sir Keith Starmer would sit nicely within  its ranks.

I doubt that Boris fears any of the candidates as he proceeds hell bent on implementing his Manifesto as amended by having the freedom of an 80 majority