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The current group of Labour MPs come across as robots. Every single thing they say and do appears to have been programmed. The effect is eerie, a bit like trying to have a conversation with a Speak Your Weight machine. You're never going to find the real person. It's not because they lack ability; most of them are very bright, went to the best schools and universities and got good degrees. If anything they're too good and too polished at what they do.

John Major was a wooden speaker and was not exactly bursting with charisma but he was his own person. Nobody would say he put his whole energy into only saying what pollsters said people wanted to hear.