"Everyone is now vying for the central controls of the DLR, with Keir still in the fake driving seat. We really need the prime minister at some point to work out the controls for himself."
"I'm one of his closest friends in politics. I have had a frustration, that the private Keir we know hasn't been sufficiently on display to the public, he said. He believed Starmer would seize this moment and make it a moment of change."
"When people say: Let Keir be Keir,' they can often just mean he should do whatever they personally believe in."
Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer's chief of staff, departed, removing a dominant influence over Labour's modern incarnation. Ed Miliband described Starmer as liberated after McSweeney's exit. Cabinet ministers, party groups and competing factions now see an opening to shape the government's next phase. A senior Labour figure said a vacuum exists and compared Starmer to a politician in a 'fake driving seat' while others vie for central controls. Close allies have expressed frustration that Starmer has not shown private convictions in power. Proposals include a progressive pivot, a symbolic break from factionalism, a cabinet reshuffle and changes to the whips' office and suspensions.
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