Middle East Eye was present on a conference call with the authors of the EHRC report and almost 30 other journalists on Thursday morning. The questioning largely focused on why the report had not been tougher, personally, on Corbyn. Not one journalist probed the inconsistencies, contradictions or omissions of the report.
Starmer clearly believes he has now firmly established his own political identity and laid the foundations for the transformation of Labour's electoral prospects – in the mould of Kinnock and Blair. It may be that he has simply destroyed his reputation for moral and intellectual integrity – and inflicted a mortal wound on the soul of his party. (Keir Starmer is not a leader of courage - but he may soon lead the UK)