Losing a chief of staff after 94 days is embarrassing but hardly fatal; what is important is what her departure reveals about the way Downing Street currently operates
Interesting piece. Re your final point, the seeds of a Leader’s failures are generally visible early on. For Starmer, it will be the failure to articulate a motivating vision. Being a non ideological pragmatic problem solver (as was briefed before the election) doesn’t work in government, because “events” overtake you and because the Party you lead is nothing if it’s not ideological.
Interesting piece. Re your final point, the seeds of a Leader’s failures are generally visible early on. For Starmer, it will be the failure to articulate a motivating vision. Being a non ideological pragmatic problem solver (as was briefed before the election) doesn’t work in government, because “events” overtake you and because the Party you lead is nothing if it’s not ideological.