Starmer doesn't want to get into government, he wants to make sure that if Labour ever do. despite his efforts, that it won't do any damage to the Murdochs of this world.
It's the only explanation for his actions.
I dunno, I still think there's a decent chance he was just a convenient fool to be the puppet of the Blairite wing because everyone thought he had good optics and that was seemingly more than anyone else was offering cos his haircut won over the bulk of the party but his lack of experience in politics made him someone who could be easily played.
Yet to see anything from him himself to suggest he's anything other than absolutely shite at all this. I'd feel a bit better if I felt like there was some kind of actual drive towards something in the middle of it all tbh.
He's definitely someone who has an initially very impressive aura that doesn't last at all and it's already getting to the point where he's somehow just looking silly in any still shot I see of him
