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You're also ignoring that is Starmer is getting an easier ride from media, that might be because of his actions and a reason for taking that path. Isn't that just strategy?
They consider him non-threatening because he either openly backs the Tories or makes criticisms that are so vague or weird that they don't matter.
No one is able to explain how this translates into taking votes from the Tories.
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@Ste_S is it easy mode for Starmer? He has a far more united opposition than he did, and one which is also encroaching on labour ground by spending more (even as they lurch to the right on other issues); a national emergency means people want to feel they can trust their government; and the last labour election results were some of the worst in history.
Whether you think other labour leaders had it worse or not partly depends on whether you think people thought he was crap because they believed the attacks on him, or whether people attacked him because he was crap.
You're also ignoring that is Starmer is getting an easier ride from media, that might be because of his actions and a reason for taking that path. Isn't that just strategy?