Keir Starmer has a good story to tell - and he does it well. Let's hear more of it.
Keir Starmer has – after 17 months, 25 days and two hours – finally been able to make a big speech in a hall full of people. And what a difference that made to his performance.
That he has had to wait so long to properly introduce himself has been a frustration for him and for Labour. His TV appearances can often appear stilted and too formal. So I was not expecting the kind of delivery we saw yesterday at the Brighton Labour Party Conference. It was well-paced, confident and intimate. Keir showed that he can be a good storyteller. We will need to see more of this on TV and at the despatch box. But now we know he has it in him – we didn’t before. There will be expectations.