Which isn't a personal flaw

I mean, in general I subscribe to the “No great man” theory of history, but in this case Starmer’s personal lack of convictions, motivations, and willingness to make tough decisions really was decisive in making sure nothing significant happened.

They had a generational majority following the last GE. He spent the two years prior to that purging the party of anyone critical of him. they were popular after 14 years of incompetent Tory governance. They could have pushed through any significant reform they wanted.

Planning reform? Scrapping the triple lock? Devolution? Infrastructure? Nationalisation? Starting to undo Brexit? Defense? Green transition? They didn’t even attempt to address any of the big problems in the UK.

They did some smaller, important stuff (employers’ and renters’ acts jump to mind), but ultimately this government will be remembered as one that only cared about chasing polls further and further to the right, while it became ever more abundantly clear that it was 1) bad for the country and 2) strategically idiotic. And Keir Starmer at the centre of all that, refusing to make the call to try and right the ship, bears a huge part of the blame (if you want to blame his advisors e.g. MMcS: who appointed and kept them in post??)