Yet he took each of those multiple steps, one after the other, with an absolute confidence in his own future: He did not flinch from any of them, or hesitate for a moment and had absolutely no thoughts of compromise as a prudent safety mechanism to avoid being remembered as someone who destroyed the party (note: Corbyn DID make numerous compromises for this reason).

People just do not behave like Starmer did, without at least a nod from the very top or having been ‘installed’.

While we were all anguishing about how Starmer could possibly be getting away with it, and when would “karma finally come to Starmer?” he was not anguishing at all - in fact the “script” he was following had enough wiggle room for him to say some ridiculous things along the way without ever being concerned about any consequences.

I don’t mean to seem ‘conspiratorial’, but it seems so compelling to me it is hard not to say something.