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Definitely agree with that. I remember thinking that Blair was cringy but his optimism and positivity came across as genuine: a refreshing change from the grey, Major years. It's a very different climate now, the Tories of the 90s, whilst sleaze ridden by the standards of the time were saints by comparison with today and the economy was already on an upswing. Starmer (and most of the Shadow cabinet) have little star power or dynamism. At best, they come across as steady technocrats, at worst, thin-skinned, paranoid, shape-shifters, with little substance.
Maybe winning on such diminished expectations amongst the electorate, will ensure that even modest victories, will be enough to secure a second term. More likely, I think a talented, media-savvy populist on the right will be able to rip into Starmer. He'll be perceived as authoritarian and institutionalist and carry the bag, rightly or wrongly, for many of the long term negative consequences of the polices of the current administration. Hope I'm wrong!