No, Keir Starmer is not ‘leader of the free world’

UK PM Keir Starmer is not leader of the free world’s.

We live in serious times, and yet we’re lumbered with shallow, narcissistic leaders.

Starmer has displayed a degree of political flexibility that few thought he was capable of.

But the gushing headlines over showboating summits and empty gestures obscure the fundamental lack of depth.

We’re crying out for genuine statesmen and women to guide us through these troubled times. And yet we’re lumbered with the same caste of shallow, technocratic narcissists who have been rattling around the corridors of power for decades . If Keir Starmer is what leadership looks like today , then we really are in trouble. Tom Slater is editor of spiked. Follow him on X: @Tom_Slater.