He does need to lose the lawyer schtick somewhat. More gestures, pointing at backbenchers etc.

I am reminded of Steve 'Interesting' Davis.

Grow a beard, get an (inoffensive) tat and wear short sleeved shirt perhaps.

I feel like this shadow cabinet meeting backfired somewhat.

https://mobile.twitter.com/LoreleiKing/status/1536
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He'll end up doing a Sandy in Grease.

He’s not actually boring, but he does sound boring. It’s the voice -

Even if he and his team had prepared a decent visual presentation of the statement they would still have been left with the problem of Starmer’s voice: nasal, reedy, pinched. I’m not sure how many voters would explicitly mention it, but I am sure that for many of them his voice alone is a reason not to listen to him, and for some, a reason to dislike him. I realise this is quite a personal criticism, and it can verge on mean - another reason that commentators, sympathetic ones at least, don’t like to dwell on it. But the sound of a leader’s speaking voice is such an important factor in politics that it shouldn’t be avoided.

https://ianleslie.substack.com/p/we-need-to-talk-about-keir-starmers?

Yep. People have mentioned that here before. Voice training would help.

That and appearing more relaxed/sure of himself politically.

God that is such a sad headline.

He could dress better too.

More Andy Burnham or something.

Samfr

A lot of people respond to stuff about Starmer being boring saying "we want boring" or "why is boring a problem" - it's certainly better than incompetent liar but politicians should be able to communicate their ideas and beliefs effectively - it's a pretty key part of the job.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Samfr/status/1536764377
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Here's a crazy idea. Instead of wanking about having voice lessons or employing a stylist, why not, and I know this is going to sound crazy, announce some actual policies that will radically improve people's lives?

Because you need both?

That is his other problem.

Pipe smoking is out of the question nowadays I imagine.

Difficult to recover from asking your troops to stop calling you boring. It's very sad.

The irony of the dreary continous dull name calling is great.

The tories aren't above a bit of clowning around. Maybe he could try that. A centrist answer to the power stance.

Some kind of thrust.

Yep - the prison officer look (short sleeves, tat & beard) - or perhaps more subtle - and just grind Johnson down at PMQs like J Crace does in his column.

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Radical stuff! Starmer priorities appear to be

1. I'm not Jeremy Corbyn

2. (a long way back) I'm not Boris Johnson.

These are significant things in his favour.