Government is not for the faint-hearted. Sir Keir Starmer certainly knows that by now. In fact, given the huge pressure he has been under for months, he may have started to take the downsides of the Prime Minister gig for granted.
Yesterday, as he sought to deal with yet more fallout from Peter Mandelson’s entanglement with Jeffrey Epstein, the PM faced challenges from every corner of the House of Commons, including those behind him which are normally filled with relatively loyal voices.
One or two eagle-eyed commentators – not to mention some social media trolls – spotted that at one point, during heated debate at the dispatch box, Starmer seemed to experience a tremor or tremble in his left hand, which he immediately sought to settle with his right.
What could this mean? “He knows he’s done,” said one; “he’s toast!” cried another – the insightful proclamations on X plainly the work of those who know that a hand wobble must mean the stress has become unbearable and that resignation is the rightful and only outcome.
Yet surprising though it may be, there were plenty of voices on social media expressing sympathy with the Prime Minister too. And almost irrespective of what you think about Starmer, it is surely not hard to feel some compassion.
I cannot be alone in having experienced moments in my professional life when nerves, or anxiety or helplessness has got the better of me – heck, I warrant I’m in the majority. True, a prime minister ought to be better placed than most to handle stressful situations; but what role endures greater strains? Nobody is entirely immune to feeling a burden’s weight.
My anxiety tell is a shiver that can come from nowhere and that can be so significant that it can make my teeth chatter. I used to blame it on the temperature: it’s never really to do with the temperature (though an overly cold room can exacerbate it). My response is to try to slow my breathing. It works, mostly.
I’ve known colleagues who would break into a sweat when under stress; and some who would just start blathering; more than a few whose response has been to become tearful. This includes people in senior and public-facing roles. Frankly, the miracle with top politicians – given the intensity of their jobs – isn’t that they occasionally look fraught or uncomfortable, but that they don’t completely crumble more often.
Time will tell whether appointing Peter Mandelson to be our man in Washington was a poor call based on information that everyone knew; or a terrible decision made in the face of details that were hitherto unknown to the public. If it is the latter, sympathy for Starmer will rapidly run short.
But putting that to one side, we should try to be more empathetic when it comes to our politicians. They should probably try displaying a bit of empathy to one another for that matter. Running a country well is beyond most of us – it may be beyond many MPs.
Doing it during the kind of global turbulence we have seen in recent years must be damn near impossible. When a politician shows the strain, we shouldn’t harangue them or second guess their mental or physical capacity – we should thank God we’re not in their shoes.
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