The tory way is to influence by design, fear, stealth and bluster. They don't like having to break rank finally unless they know they are going to win. Can't stand the guy, but his question to May in the Commons was brutal. Despite her façade of thick skin, she certainly faltered and stumbled over her words.
Rees-Mogg should be exiled to St Helena and forced to live out his days in the same house as two or three of the "I voted leave cos there's too many moooslims over here" brigade.
Starmer had a working-class upbringing. His father was a toolmaker and he had to pass the 11+ to get into a grammar school before studying at Leeds Uni.
He's clever and funny, don't see what's wrong with him TBH, better than the vast majority of politicians.