The departing prime minister will have come to realise that actions don't necessarily speak louder than words

To be prime minister is a chance to impose one's character and beliefs on the nation - to mould the era. But what if the holder of this great office has no distinctive personality?

Now that the end has come for Keir Starmer, history can get to work, analysing and anatomising his failures. The central question for posterity: how did a politician win a huge…

Sir Keir Starmer used his resignation speech to reel off a series of dubious boasts and half-truths about his 'achievements' in office.

The departing prime minister will have come to realise that actions don't necessarily speak louder than words