What is remarkable about Sir Keir Starmer, however, is that he has not a single, discernible positive quality. If he got lost in Tesco, and his mum put out his description on the tannoy, there would be no possible chance of him being tracked down. He is not a good speaker, his nasal voice drones on and on, a lulling invitation to the most pronounced meaninglessness. When asked about his vision for the future, he says things like this:‘Changing the things that need changing … that is the change I will bring about!’
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Tony McKenna’s journalism has been featured by Al Jazeera, Salon, The Huffington Post, ABC Australia, New Internationalist, The Progressive, New Statesman and New Humanist. His books include Art, Literature and Culture from a Marxist Perspective (Macmillan), The Dictator, the Revolution, the Machine: A Political Account of Joseph Stalin (Sussex Academic Press), Toward Forever: Radical Reflections on History and Art (Zero Books), The War Against Marxism: Reification and Revolution (Bloomsbury) and The Face of the Waters (Vulpine). He can be reached on twitter at @MckennaTony
