Blair won three elections in a row, Starmer said, beaming. Of course, he's thrilled to be likened to a serial winner.
But it's a comparison to the US president that Starmer should be thinking about, even if it's not nearly so encouraging.
Biden demonstrated that dependable and capable can be enough to win when voters have had enough of charismatic and crazy. It worked for him after the era of Donald Trump, just as it's working for Starmer after an era that, for all Rishi Sunak's efforts, has not left the public bursting with enthusiasm.
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